beru

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu. Cognate with Indonesian baru.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəru/

beru

1. new

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “beru”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛru]
• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Hyphenation: be‧ru

beru

1. first-person singular present indicative of brát

• erbu
• uber
• rube

beru

1. alternative spelling of berú

• (obsolete spelling) beŗu

beru

1. first-person singular present indicative of bērt

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈberu]

beru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨑᨘ)

1. new

beru f (definite singular bero, indefinite plural berur, definite plural berune)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bere

beru f

1. (dialectal, Nord-Gudbrandsdalen) cow vagina

• Alf Eriksen (1996) Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 30

beru

1. inflection of berr (“bare”):
   1. positive degree strong neuter dative singular
   2. positive degree weak feminine oblique singular
   3. positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural

beru

1. indefinite oblique singular of bera (“female bear”)

• bru

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ru/
• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Syllabification: be‧ru

beru m inan

1. genitive singular of ber

• veru

From Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros, derived from *weh₁- (“true”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈberu/

beru (feminine singular bera, masculine plural beros, feminine plural beras)

1. (Logudorese) true

   Synonyms: verdaderu, veritàbile

beru (feminine singular bera, masculine plural beros, feminine plural beras)

1. (Campidanese) true

   Synonyms: alloberu, annoberu, berideru, verdaderu, veritàbili

   • 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De is modus”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana‎^[2], Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 127, page 52:

     No sciu si mi pariat beru o falsu

     I don't know if it seems true or false to me

• bẹ̀rù

From bà (“to fear”) +‎ èrù (“fear”), literally “to fear fear”.

• IPA^(key): /bè.ɾù/

bèrù

1. (Ekiti, transitive) to fear, to be afraid

   Synonym: bà

• ìbèrù

• dérùba (“to scare”)