buru

See also: Buru, bùrú, bǔrǔ, burū, and буру

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [búruù]

Noun

buru

  1. (music) horn

References

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buɾu/ [bu.ɾu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾu, -u
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ru

Noun

buru inan

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. (figurative) intellect, judgment

Declension

Declension of buru (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive buru burua buruak
ergative buruk buruak buruek
dative bururi buruari buruei
genitive bururen buruaren buruen
comitative bururekin buruarekin buruekin
causative bururengatik buruarengatik buruengatik
benefactive bururentzat buruarentzat buruentzat
instrumental buruz buruaz buruez
inessive burutan buruan buruetan
locative burutako buruko buruetako
allative burutara burura buruetara
terminative burutaraino bururaino buruetaraino
directive burutarantz bururantz buruetarantz
destinative burutarako bururako buruetarako
ablative burutatik burutik buruetatik
partitive bururik
prolative burutzat

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “buru”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 354

Further reading

  • buru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • buru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

buru

  1. house

References

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buɻu/

Noun

buru

  1. ball
  2. ball game
  3. balls
  4. testicles

References

Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buru, from Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (drive off, chase away, expel).

Verb

buru

  1. to hunt

References

Javanese

Verb

buru

  1. to hunt

Latvian

Verb

buru

  1. first-person singular present indicative of burt

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (drive off, chase away, expel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ru/
  • Rhymes: -uru, -ru, -u

Verb

buru (Jawi spelling بورو)

  1. to hunt

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: buru

Further reading

Old Javanese

Verb

buru

  1. to hunt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boer.

Noun

buru

  1. farmer
  2. A white Surinamese person of Dutch descent, in particular a descendant of nineteenth-century agricultural settlers.

Descendants

  • Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
  • Dutch: boeroe

Sundanese

Verb

buru (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮛᮥ)

  1. to hunt

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.ɾu]

Verb

buru

  1. (stative) to be rough

Conjugation

Conjugation of buru
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toburu foburu miburu
2nd person noburu niburu
3rd
person
masculine oburu iburu
yoburu (archaic)
feminine moburu
neuter iburu

References

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

Yogad

Noun

burú

  1. plant hair

Zarma

Noun

buru

  1. bread

References

  • David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)