oritsuru

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折鶴 (おりづる, orizuru, “origami paper crane”), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 鶴 (つる, tsuru, “crane (bird)”). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: o‧ri‧tsu‧ru

Noun

oritsuru (plural oritsuru-oritsuru, first-person possessive oritsuruku, second-person possessive oritsurumu, third-person possessive oritsurunya)

  1. An origami paper crane.
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