lur
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Laura.
Symbol
lur
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Laura terms
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a North Germanic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
lur (plural lurs)
Translations
blowing horn
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *luR.[1] Compare Iberian lura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lur/ [lur]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ur
- Hyphenation: lur
Noun
lur inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lur | lurra | lurrak |
| ergative | lurrek | lurrak | lurrek |
| dative | lurri | lurrari | lurrei |
| genitive | lurren | lurraren | lurren |
| comitative | lurrekin | lurrarekin | lurrekin |
| causative | lurrengatik | lurrarengatik | lurrengatik |
| benefactive | lurrentzat | lurrarentzat | lurrentzat |
| instrumental | lurrez | lurraz | lurrez |
| inessive | lurretan | lurrean | lurretan |
| locative | lurretako | lurreko | lurretako |
| allative | lurretara | lurrera | lurretara |
| terminative | lurretaraino | lurreraino | lurretaraino |
| directive | lurretarantz | lurrerantz | lurretarantz |
| destinative | lurretarako | lurrerako | lurretarako |
| ablative | lurretatik | lurretik | lurretatik |
| partitive | lurrik | — | — |
| prolative | lurtzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- Amalur (“Mother Earth”)
- lur agindu (“promised land”)
- lur arraro (“rare earth”)
- lur azpiko urak (“wastewater”)
- lur beltz (“black earth”)
- lur eman (“to entomb”)
- lur hartu (“to land”)
- lur hartzeko pista (“runway”)
- lur idor (“dry land”)
- lur jo (“to hit rock bottom”)
- lur orotako bizikleta (“mountain bike”)
- lur orotako ibilgailu (“ATV”)
- lur promestu (“promised land”)
- lur santu (“graveyard”)
- Lur Santua (“Holy Land”)
- lur zanpatu (“clay court”)
- lur zuri (“kaolin”)
- lur-berdinketa (“leveling”)
- lur-emaile (“burier”)
- lur-emate (“burial”)
- lur-esfera (“globe”)
- lur-geruza (“surface of the Earth”)
- lur-globo (“globe”)
- lur-hargune (“electrical grounding”)
- lur-hartze (“landing”)
- lur-jabe (“landlord”)
- lur-jale (“geophage”)
- lur-jausi (“landslide”)
- lur-jotze (“demolishing, collapse”)
- lur-lan (“agriculture”)
- lur-langile (“farmer”)
- lur-lantze (“agriculture”)
- lur-mihi (“cape”)
- lur-mugimendu (“earth moving”)
- lur-mugitze (“earth moving”)
- lur-mutur (“cape”)
- lur-neurketa (“agricultural surveying”)
- lur-neurtzaile (“surveyor”)
- lurbel (“black earth”)
- lurbira (“globe”)
- lurburu (“pole”)
- lurdun (“landlord”)
- lurgain (“surface of the Earth”)
- lurgaineko (“epigeal”)
- lurgoratu (“to scrape land”)
- lurgune (“plot of land”)
- lurkara (“earthy”)
- lurketa (“plot of land”)
- lurki (“country, territory”)
- lurkoi (“mundane”)
- lurmen (“land not covered by snow”)
- lurmen egon (“to be not covered by snow”)
- lurmendu (“(of snow) to melt”)
- Lurmutur Hiria (“Cape Town”)
- lurpe (“underground”)
- lurpeko (“underground, subterranean”)
- lurpeko bide (“underpass, subway”)
- lurpeko pasabide (“underpass, subway”)
- lurpeko urak (“wastewater”)
- lurperatu (“to put underground”)
- lurperatzaile (“burier”)
- lurpetu (“to put underground”)
- lurra argaldu (“(of soil) to become infertile”)
- lurra eman (“to entomb”)
- lurraldatu (“to transplant”)
- lurralde (“territory”)
- lurralde historiko (“historical territory”)
- Lurralde Santua (“Holy Land”)
- lurralde-administrazio (“territorial administration”)
- lurralde-antolamendu (“territorial organization”)
- lurraldekoi (“territorial”)
- lurraldetasun (“territoriality”)
- lurralkalino (“alkaline earth”)
- lurraska (“furrow”)
- lurrazal (“surface, crust”)
- lurreko armada (“ground forces”)
- lurreko paradisu (“paradise on earth”)
- lurreko telebista digitala (“digital terrestrial television”)
- lurremenda (“leveling”)
- lurrerako hargune (“electrical grounding”)
- lurreratu (“to land”)
- lurreratze (“landing”)
- lurreratze-pista (“runway”)
- lurreratze-trena (“landing gear”)
- lurreten (“landslide”)
- lurreztatu (“to cover with soil”)
- lurrikara (“earthquake”)
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “lur”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 271
Further reading
- “lur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chinese
Etymology
Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: loe1 / loe2
- Yale: lēu / léu
- Cantonese Pinyin: loe1 / loe2
- Guangdong Romanization: lê1 / lê2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœː⁵⁵/, /lœː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
lur
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) alternative form of 𦧲
Lolopo
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɮɤ²¹]
Noun
lur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb lure.
Adjective
lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)
Etymology 2
From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)
Etymology 3
Verb
lur
- imperative of lure
References
- “lur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʉːr/
Etymology 1
From the verb lure.
Adjective
lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)
- a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
Derived terms
- bronselur
- neverlur
Etymology 3
First attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780.
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)
- a nap (short period of sleep)
Etymology 4
Verb
lur
- imperative of lura
References
- “lur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.
Determiner
lur
Pronoun
lur
- them (dative)
References
- “llur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.
Pronoun
lur
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːr
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lur c
- a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)
- a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)
- Synonym: bronslur
- a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet
- a telephone handset
- Synonym: telefonlur
- lyfta på luren
- pick up the phone
- lägga på luren
- hang up the phone
- slänga på luren
- slam down the phone
- lägga på luren i örat på någon
- hang up the phone in someone's ear (hang up on someone)
- (colloquial, by extension) a cell phone, a mobile phone
- Synonyms: mobil, mobiltelefon, (colloquial, somewhat dated) nalle, (phone, telephone, more generally) telefon, (humorous, dated) yuppienalle
- Jag har skaffat ny lur
- I've bought a new phone [to be closer in tone]
- a headphone, an earphone, an earbud
- Synonym: hörlur
- Har du sett mina lurar?
- Have you seen my headphones?
- Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar
- [The] one earbud is broken and the other one is staticy
- an ear trumpet (hearing aid)
- a telephone handset
- a nap
- att ta sig en lur
- to have a nap
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lur | lurs |
| definite | luren | lurens | |
| plural | indefinite | lurar | lurars |
| definite | lurarna | lurarnas |
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Deverbal from lura (“lurk”).
Noun
lur
- only used in på lur (“in wait, lurking”)