'uru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

'Are'are

Adjective

'uru

blind

References

Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Rapa Nui

Te 'uru.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuru. Related to Hawaiian ʻulu and Maori kuru.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔu.ɾu/
Hyphenation: 'u‧ru

Noun

'uru

breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)

References

“'uru”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Tabaru

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *uru (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɾu/, [ˈʔu.ɾu]

Noun

'uru

the mouth

References

Jorriece Dimayu, Janet Kotynski, Edward A. Kotynski, Yosias Palangi, Alwina Tjiwili (1991) Nou, Pomasikata-Tabaru!, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

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