'uru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

'Are'are

Adjective

'uru

  1. blind

References

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuru. Related to Hawaiian ʻulu and Maori kuru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔu.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: 'u‧ru

Noun

'uru

  1. breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)

References

  • “'uru”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Tabaru

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *uru (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ɾu/, [ˈʔu.ɾu]

Noun

'uru

  1. the mouth

References

  • Jorriece Dimayu, Janet Kotynski, Edward A. Kotynski, Yosias Palangi, Alwina Tjiwili (1991) Nou, Pomasikata-Tabaru!, Summer Institute of Linguistics
  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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