turu

turu

1. (transitive) to plant
2. to replant, transplant

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq.

turu

1. seven

turu

1. two (serial counting)

• IPA^(key):

turu

1. dative/locative singular of tur

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq.

turu

1. seven

turu

1. genitive singular of turg

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: tu‧ru

turu

1. trumpet or bugle
2. any wind instrument

Ultimately from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ. Cognates include Finnish turku and Estonian turg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈturu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈturu/,
• Rhymes: -uru
• Hyphenation: tu‧ru

turu

1. market
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:

     Siin ono turu.

     Here is the market.

• markkinat, laatta

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 610

turu

1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦫꦸ

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

turu

1. three

Compare Trió urutupë.

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turu (possessed turùpo, plural turùsan)

1. heart

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 394
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ťurupo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 474; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 464

turu

1. first-person singular present indicative of turēt

From Proto-Oceanic *turu (“pole, support” – compare with Tahitian turu, Fijian duruna and duru)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake, post” – compare with Malay turus, Tagalog tulós).^[2]

turu

1. post, pole, pillar

   Synonym: pou

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ato”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 540
• “turu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq. Cognate with Indonesian tujuh (“seven”).

turu (mutated form duru)

1. finger

turu f or m (definite singular turua or turuen, indefinite plural turuer, definite plural turuene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tvare

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• tvore
• toro, tvara, tvare, tvora, tvoru (obsolete)
• tvoro, tvuru (dialectal)

Metaphony of tvoru, from Old Norse þvǫru, oblique case singular of þvara.

• IPA^(key): /²tʉː.rʉ/

turu f (definite singular turua, indefinite plural turuer, definite plural turuene)

1. a kitchen utensil more common in the past, used to stir a pot or porridge

   Kjerringa med turua satt høgt oppi furua

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “turu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unknown.

• Rhymes: -u

turu m (plural turus)

1. (Brazil) shipworm (any mollusc of the family Teredinidae, which bores through the wooden hulls of ships)

   Synonym: gusano

• “turu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “turu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

turu

1. three

• tauro
• toutouro

• ABVD
• Alexander Adelaar, The Austronesian languages of Taiwan, with special reference to Siraya

• IPA^(key):

turu

1. the waist

Possibly related to Malay tiru.

• IPA^(key):

turu

1. (transitive) to imitate

• IPA^(key):

turu

1. (stative) to be thin

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduq, compare Tagalog tulo.

turu

1. to drip

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

turu

1. three

Cognate to Estonian toru.

turu

1. pipe, chimney

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “труба”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika