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

• yurong

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Noun

yuru

1. cloud