iru

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English

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Etymology

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From Yoruba irú.

Noun

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iru (uncountable)

  1. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.

Anagrams

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Big Nambas

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Big Nambas cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : iru

Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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iru

  1. two

References

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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iru

  1. imperative of iri

Japanese

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Romanization

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iru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いる

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

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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

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iru class 5 (plural maru)

  1. knee[2][4]

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

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iru

  1. her

Declension

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (ladle made of a half coconut-shell). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (id).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iru

  1. spoon, ladle, especially one made from a coconut shell

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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irú

  1. type, kind, sort
    Synonym: ríṣi
    Irú ẹja wo leléyìí?Which type of fish is this?
  2. breed
    Synonym: ẹ̀yà
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú

Pronunciation

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Noun

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irú

  1. seed
    Synonym: irúgbìn
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Etymology 3

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Irú tí a fi sebẹ̀.

From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (seed) +‎ ìgbá (the tree Parkia biglobosa), literally seed of the Parkia biglobosa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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irú

  1. fermented locust beans used in cooking.
    Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà
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Descendants
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  • English: iru

Etymology 4

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Irù

Pronunciation

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Noun

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irù

  1. tsetse fly

Etymology 5

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Ológbò tó ń lé ìrù òun.

See Urhobo úrhúrhu

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìrù

  1. tail
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Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìrú

  1. loyalty, allegiance; especially to a higher authority
  2. strenuous effort or labor
    Synonym: ìlàkàkà