waru

waru

1. darkness/dark

• D.R. Zorc (ed.), Yolngu-Matha dictionary. School of Australian Linguistics, Darwin Institute of Technology. (1986), p. 257

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦸ (waru), from Old Javanese waru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of baru.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaru/ [ˈwa.ru]
• Rhymes: -aru
• Syllabification: wa‧ru

waru (plural waru-waru)

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

   Synonym: baru

2. (bt extension, card games) spade (a playing card marked with the symbol ♠)

   Synonym: sekop

• “waru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

waru

1. Rōmaji transcription of わる

waru

1. romanization of ꦮꦫꦸ

• IPA^(key): /wàɾúꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, As waaru, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[1]

waru class 9/10 (plural waru)

1. potato (of not sweet variety)^[2]

• ngwacĩ

waru

1. cotton

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

waru

1. eight

From Proto-Polynesian *waru — compare with Tahitian varu and vaʻu, Samoan valu, Tongan vau.^[1][2]

waru (passive warua or waruhia)

1. to scrape

   Synonyms: wharo, waku, hāro

2. to grate
3. to shave (of hair)
4. to peel

   Synonyms: hore, ihi

waru

1. any scraper
2. wood plane

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “waru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 564
• “waru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ru/

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, *waʀu, from Proto-Germanic *warō, *wazō (“ware”), of uncertain origin.

waru f

1. an article of merchandise, ware

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: ware
  • English: ware, -ware
  • Scots: ware, war, wair

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“heed, attention, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *wor-. Cognate with Old Saxon wara, Old High German wara. Compare also Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (warei).

waru f

1. care, watch, observation

Strong ō-stem:

• wær

• Middle English: ware

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“protection”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend”).

waru f

1. guard, protection, defence

Strong ō-stem:

• wer
• werian

• Middle English: ware

• *waru

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

• IPA^(key): /wa.ru/
• Rhymes: -ru
• Hyphenation: wa‧ru

waru

1. (botany) sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

• > Javanese: ꦮꦫꦸ (waru) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬭᬸ / waru
  • → Indonesian: waru
  • → Sasak: waru
  • → Sundanese: ᮝᮛᮥ / waru (waru)

• "waru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

waru

1. black-footed rock wallaby, Petrogale lateralis

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ru/
• Rhymes: -aru
• Syllabification: wa‧ru

waru m inan

1. genitive singular of war