berus
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay berus, from English brush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈrʊs/
- Hyphenation: bê‧rus
- Rhymes: -rʊs, -ʊs, -s
Noun
bêrus (plural berus-berus)
Further reading
- “berus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Adjective
bērus (feminine bēra, neuter bērum); first/second-declension adjective
- misspelling of vērus
References
- "berus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bə.ros]
- Rhymes: -ros, -os
- Hyphenation: be‧rus
Noun
berus (Jawi spelling بروس)
- A brush.
Affixations
- berberus
- pemberus
- pemberusan
Compounds
- berus gigi
- berus rambut
Descendants
- Indonesian: berus
Verb
berus (Jawi spelling بروس, formal active memberus, 3rd person passive diberus)
- (transitive) To brush.
Further reading
- “berus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.