iru
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "iru"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
iru (uncountable)
- A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
Anagrams[edit]
Big Nambas[edit]
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Cardinal : iru | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
iru
References[edit]
- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
iru
- imperative of iri
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
iru
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
iru class 5 (plural maru)
Derived terms[edit]
(Proverbs)
References[edit]
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
- “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Old Saxon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun[edit]
iru
Declension[edit]
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Ternate[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (“id”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iru
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
irú
- type, kind, sort
- Synonym: ríṣi
- Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ― Which type of fish is this?
- breed
- Synonym: ẹ̀yà
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
irú
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (“seed”) + ìgbá (“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally “seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
irú
- fermented locust beans used in cooking.
- Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: iru
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
irù
Etymology 5[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ìrù
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 6[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ìrú
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- ki:Body parts
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- yo:Horticulture
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- yo:Insects
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- yo:Seasonings