eru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eru"

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [erʊ]

Verb

eru

  1. first/second/third-person plural present of vera (“to be”): are

Icelandic

Verb

eru

  1. third-person plural present of vera (“to be”): they are
    Menn eru illir.
    Men are evil.

Japanese

Romanization

eru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of える
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エル

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əru/
  • Rhymes: -əru, -ru, -u

Noun

eru (Jawi spelling ارو, plural eru-eru)

  1. casuarina (trees of the genus Casuarina)
    Synonym: cemara

Descendants

  • Indonesian: eru

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eru

  1. third-person plural indicative present of vera

Palauan

Palauan cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : eru

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ruwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

eru

  1. two

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From earlier helu, probably from Fon ʁèèlú (“alas”).[1]

Interjection

eru

  1. alas, woe

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 468.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Icelandic ertu.

Phrase

eru

  1. (colloquial, Stockholm) Pronunciation spelling of "är du" (are you, you are).
    Vem eru?
    Who are you?
    Eru inte trött? Du har inte sovit nåt.
    Aren't you tired? You haven't slept any.
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