buru

See also: Buru, bùrú, bǔrǔ, burū, and буру

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [búruù]

Noun

buru

1. (music) horn

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Alternative forms

• büü (Souletin)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾu/ [bu.ɾu]

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• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: bu‧ru

Noun

buru inan

1. (anatomy) head
2. (figurative) intellect, judgment

Declension

Declension of buru (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	buru	burua	buruak
ergative	buruk	buruak	buruek
dative	bururi	buruari	buruei
genitive	bururen	buruaren	buruen
comitative	bururekin	buruarekin	buruekin
causative	bururengatik	buruarengatik	buruengatik
benefactive	bururentzat	buruarentzat	buruentzat
instrumental	buruz	buruaz	buruez
inessive	burutan	buruan	buruetan
locative	burutako	buruko	buruetako
allative	burutara	burura	buruetara
terminative	burutaraino	bururaino	buruetaraino
directive	burutarantz	bururantz	buruetarantz
destinative	burutarako	bururako	buruetarako
ablative	burutatik	burutik	buruetatik
partitive	bururik	—	—
prolative	burutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• asteburu
• belaunburu
• buru jaso
• buru joan
• burugain
• burugogor
• buruhandi
• buruhezur
• buruketa
• burukomin
• burumuin
• geltokiburu (“stationmaster”)
• izenburu (“title”)
• lauburu

 

Further reading

• “buru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “buru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

buru

1. house

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɻu/

Noun

buru

1. ball
2. ball game
3. balls
4. testicles

References

Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buru, from Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (“drive off, chase away, expel”).

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

References

• “buru” 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.

Javanese

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

Latvian

Verb

buru

1. first-person singular present indicative of burt

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (“drive off, chase away, expel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ru/
• Rhymes: -uru, -ru, -u

Verb

buru (Jawi spelling بورو)

1. to hunt

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemburu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemburuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• perburu [causative passive] (peR-)
• perburuan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• buruan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• memburu [agent focus] (meN-)
• memburu-buru [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• memburu-burukan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• diburu [patient focus] (di-)
• diburu-buru [reduplication + patient focus] (redup + di-)
• terburu [agentless action] (teR-)
• terburu-buru [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
• keburu [passive] (ke-)
• berburu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berburu-buru [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• buru-buru [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: buru

Further reading

• “buru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boer.

Noun

buru

1. farmer
2. A white Surinamese person of Dutch descent, in particular a descendant of nineteenth-century agricultural settlers.

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
• → Dutch: boeroe

Sundanese

Romanization

buru

1. Romanization of ᮘᮥᮛᮥ

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.ɾu]

Verb

buru

1. (stative) to be rough

Conjugation

Conjugation of buru
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toburu	foburu	miburu
2nd	noburu	niburu
3rd	Masculine	oburu	iburu, yoburu†
Feminine	moburu
Neuter	iburu
† - archaic

References

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

Yogad

Noun

burú

1. plant hair

Zarma

Noun

buru

1. bread

References

• David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)