turru

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /turˈru/ [tʊrˈrʊ]
  • Hyphenation: tur‧ru

Noun

turrú f 

  1. joke

Declension

Declension of turrú
absolutive turrú
predicative turrú
subjective turrú
genitive turrú
Postpositioned forms
l-case turrúl
k-case turrúk
t-case turrút
h-case turrúh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “turru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (August 2013) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • tzurru, ciurru

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be compared to Latin tullius (“jet of water”), Spanish chorro (“flow”) and Basque txurru (“falling water”, onomatopoeic).[1] To these, one could also add Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋 (tul, “heavy rain”).

Noun

turru m

  1. jet of water
  2. brook, small stream
  3. waterfall

References

  1. ^ Pittau, Massimo (2013), La lingua dei protosardi e quella dei baschi, at pittau.it

Further reading

  • “turru”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

Sicilian

Noun

turru m

  1. (chess) rook

See also

Chess pieces in Sicilian · [Term?] (layout · text)
re, reji rijina, donna turri, roccu viscu, arferu, arfinu cavaḍḍu pijuni
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