murup

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦸꦫꦸꦥ꧀ (murup).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmurup/ [ˈmu.rʊp̚]
  • Rhymes: -urup
  • Syllabification: mu‧rup

Verb

murup

  1. to flame, to flare up

Adjective

murup (comparative lebih murup, superlative paling murup)

  1. flame, flaming, flaring

Derived terms

Further reading

Tolai

Noun

murup

  1. cassowary

Descendants

  • Samoan Plantation Pidgin: muruk
  • Tok Pisin: muruk

References

Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

Noun

murup

  1. spirit[3][1]
  2. ghost[3]

See also

References