garu

See also: -garu

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

garu

  1. brain

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri gàrú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡàː.rúː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡàː.rúː]

Noun

gā̀r̃ū m (plural gār̃ukā̀, possessed form gā̀r̃un)

  1. wall around a settlement or compound

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaru]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ru

Etymology 1

From Malay garu. Doublet of garuk.

Noun

garu (plural garu-garu)

  1. harrow, rake
    Synonym: penggaruk
Derived terms
  • menggaru
  • penggaru
  • penggaruan
  • garu rumput

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit अगुरु (aguru).[1]

Noun

garu (plural garu-garu)

  1. agarwood (Cantleya corniculata)
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Mona Lohanda, Tom Hoogervorst, Marco Roling, Nurhayu Santoso (2018) VOC Glossary Indonesia, 1.4 edition, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (ANRI) and The Corts Foundation (TCF)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

garu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がる

Latvian

Noun

garu m

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

Adjective

garu

  1. inflection of garš:
    1. accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
    2. genitive masculine/feminine plural

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaru]

Verb

garu (Lontara spelling ᨁᨑᨘ, semi-transitive aʼgaru)

  1. (transitive) to stir

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀaw (“to scratch; itch mite, vermin”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو)

  1. to scratch
  2. (tool) to rake

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penggaru [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • menggaru [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menggarukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • menggaru-garu [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
  • digaru [patient focus] (di-)
  • digarukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • digaru-garu [reduplication + patient focus] (redup + di-)
  • tergaru [agentless action] (teR-)
  • tergaru-garu [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
  • bergaru [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • bergaru-garu [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

Noun

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو, plural garu-garu)

  1. harrow, rake

Descendants

  • Indonesian: garu

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀕𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • गरु (Devanagari script)
  • গরু (Bengali script)
  • ගරු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂရု or ၷရု (Burmese script)
  • ครุ or คะรุ (Thai script)
  • ᨣᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄຣຸ or ຄະຣຸ (Lao script)
  • គរុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “heavy”).

Adjective

garu

  1. heavy
  2. venerable

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)garugaravo or garū
Accusative (second)garuṃgaravo or garū
Instrumental (third)garunāgarūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)garusmā or garumhāgarūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)garusmiṃ or garumhigarūsu
Vocative (calling)garugarave or garavo
Declension table of "garunī" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)garunīgaruniyo or garunī
Accusative (second)garuniṃ or garuniyaṃgaruniyo or garunī
Instrumental (third)garuniyāgarunīhi or garunībhi
Dative (fourth)garuniyāgarunīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)garuniyāgarunīhi or garunībhi
Genitive (sixth)garuniyāgarunīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)garuniyā or garuniyaṃgarunīsu
Vocative (calling)garunigaruniyo or garunī
Declension table of "garu" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)garugarūni or garū
Accusative (second)garuṃgarūni or garū
Instrumental (third)garunāgarūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)garusmā or garumhāgarūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)garusmiṃ or garumhigarūsu
Vocative (calling)garugarūni or garū

Descendants

Noun

garu m

  1. teacher (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)garugaravo or garū
Accusative (second)garuṃgaravo or garū
Instrumental (third)garunāgarūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)garusmā or garumhāgarūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)garussa or garunogarūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)garusmiṃ or garumhigarūsu
Vocative (calling)garugarave or garavo

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “garu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa galú.

Noun

garu class 1a (plural ŵagaru)

  1. dog

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 33, 197

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

garu

  1. soft mutation of caru

Mutation

Mutated forms of caru
radical soft nasal aspirate
caru garu ngharu charu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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