baru

See also: bāru, báru, bäru, barů, and Barú

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaru/ [ˈbʌɾʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Noun

báru m (plural barwá f or baritteetá f)

  1. freckle

Declension

Declension of báru
absolutive báru
predicative báru
subjective barí
genitive barí
Postpositioned forms
l-case bárul
k-case báruk
t-case bárut
h-case báruh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 31

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay baru.

Adjective

baru

  1. new

Adverb

baru

  1. recently, just now

Further reading

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of age): lama (old) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): muda (young) (living things)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaru]

Noun

baru

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of bar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

baru

  1. imperative of bari

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of age): lama (old) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): biak (young) (living things)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay baru, a variant of baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Alternative forms

Adjective

baru (comparative lebih baru, superlative paling baru)

  1. new
    Ponsel barunya mewah.
    His new phone is luxurious.

Adverb

baru

  1. just (moments ago, recently)
    Mereka baru pulang sekolah.
    They just got home from school.
Derived terms
  • baru-baru ini (recently)
  • barui (to new, update)
  • barukan (to new, update)
  • kebaruan (newness)
  • keterbaruan (newness)
  • membaru (to become new)
  • pembaru (newer, updater)
  • pembaruan (newing, update)
  • perbarui (to new, update)
  • sebaru (as new as)
  • terbaru (newest)
  • terbarukan (newed, updated)

Etymology 2

From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of waru.

Alternative forms

Noun

baru (plural baru-baru)

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
    Synonym: waru

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese barro.

Noun

baru

  1. (Sotavento) clay

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latvian

Noun

baru m

  1. inflection of bars:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

baru

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bārt

Lithuanian

Noun

baru m

  1. instrumental singular of baras

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ba.ru]
  • Rhymes: -aru
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

Alternative forms

Adverb

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. just, recently, a few moments ago
    Aku baru sampai di rumah.
    I've just arrived home.

Adjective

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. new; recently came into existence
    Synonym: baharu
    tahun barunew year
Usage notes
  • Although Kamus Dewan makes no such distinction, many people wrongly believe that should not be used as an adjective meaning "new" and that only baharu could be used in such way.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • > Indonesian: baru (inherited)
  • Baba Malay: baru
  • Hokkien: 麻汝 (bâ-lú)
  • Teochew: 麻汝 (bha5 lu2)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

Alternative forms

  • baru-baru
  • bebaru

Noun

baru (Jawi spelling بارو, plural baru-baru)

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Descendants

References

Papuan Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Malay baru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baru/, [ˈba.ɾʊ]

Verb

baru

  1. be new
    • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Luke 5:38:
      Karna itu air anggur baru harus orang simpan di dalam kantong kulit yang baru juga.
      Because we people have to store that new wine inside also new wineskins.
    • 2008 October 25, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 3, line 86:
      kalo besok ada berkat sa bli komputer baru
      if there will be a blessing in the future I will buy a new computer

Adverb

baru

  1. recently
    • 2008 September 22, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 830:
      kariawang dong baru lewat
      the employees recently walked by
  2. (reduplicated) just now
    Synonym: barusang
    • 2008 November 15, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 70:
      baru-baru de masuk ruma-sakit
      just now he got into the hospital

Conjunction

baru

  1. then, and then, but then
    Synonym: trus
    • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Genesis 37:24:
      Baru dong seret de ke sumur, []
      And then they brought him to a well, []
    • 2008 September 23, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 10, line 12:
      [] de jatu baru motor tindis dia
      [] he fell and then the motorbike crushed him
  2. after all
    Synonym: habis

References

  • Kluge, Angela (2017) A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 131, 271, 475, 567

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. accusative singular of bȁra

Sundanese

Etymology

From Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Doublet of bahayu

Adjective

baru (Sundanese script ᮘᮛᮥ)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Ternate

Etymology

Likely from Malay baru

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ɾu/

Noun

baru

  1. sea hibiscus
    Synonym: baru dowongi

References

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

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Collins to be a borrowing from Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ru/

Noun

baru

  1. boat caulking

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics