muru

See also: murù and mǔrǔ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

muru

  1. (New Zealand) An act of retaliatory theft among the Maori.

Anagrams


Darkinjung

Noun

muru

  1. pathway

Dharug

Noun

muru

  1. path

Estonian

Noun

muru (genitive muru, partitive muru)

  1. lawn
  2. grass

Finnish

Etymology

From murtaa + -u.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmuru]
  • Rhymes: -uru
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ru

Noun

muru

  1. A crumb
  2. A very small amount of something, a jot, an iota.
  3. (colloquial) honey (term of affection)

Declension

Inflection of muru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative muru murut
genitive murun murujen
partitive murua muruja
illative muruun muruihin
singular plural
nominative muru murut
accusative nom. muru murut
gen. murun
genitive murun murujen
partitive murua muruja
inessive murussa muruissa
elative murusta muruista
illative muruun muruihin
adessive murulla muruilla
ablative murulta muruilta
allative murulle muruille
essive muruna muruina
translative muruksi muruiksi
instructive muruin
abessive murutta muruitta
comitative muruineen

Synonyms

Derived terms


Gamilaraay

Noun

muru

  1. nose

Karelian

Noun

muru

  1. crumb

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.

Noun

muru

  1. wall

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾu/
  • Hyphenation: mù‧ru

Noun

muru m (plural muri or mura)

  1. wall

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish muru.

Noun

muru

  1. crumb
  2. bit, small piece

Inflection

Inflection of muru
nominative sing. muru
genitive sing. murun
partitive sing. murud
partitive plur. muruid
singular plural
nominative muru murud
accusative murun murud
genitive murun muruiden
partitive murud muruid
essive-instructive murun muruin
translative muruks muruikš
inessive murus muruiš
elative muruspäi muruišpäi
illative ? muruihe
adessive murul muruil
ablative murulpäi muruilpäi
allative murule muruile
abessive muruta muruita
comitative murunke muruidenke
prolative murudme muruidme
approximative I murunno muruidenno
approximative II murunnoks muruidennoks
egressive murunnopäi muruidennopäi
terminative I ? muruihesai
terminative II murulesai muruilesai
terminative III murussai
additive I ? muruihepäi
additive II murulepäi muruilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), крошка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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