yuru

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

  • yurru

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juɻu/

Noun

yuru

  1. cloud
    • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Cloud | yuro or yurru
    • 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
      Clouds .... ... yuru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Japanese

Romanization

yuru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆる

Martuthunira

Noun

yuru

  1. milk

Nukunu

Noun

yuru

  1. small species of kangaroo, a wallaroo, a euro

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch uur.

Noun

yuru

  1. hour

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch huur, huren.

Verb

yuru

  1. to rent

Noun

yuru

  1. rent

Descendants

  • → Caribbean Hindustani: yuru
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yuru

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Noun

yuru

  1. cloud
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