murro

Kaurna

Etymology

From Proto-core Thura-Yura *muru.

Noun

murro

Dust; ashes.
- 1840, C. G. Teichelmann & C. W. Schürmann, Outlines of a grammar, vocabulary and phraseology of the Aboriginal language of South Australia spoken by the natives in and for some distance around Adelaide
  murro s. dust; ashes
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References

Simpson, Jane; Hercus, Luise. (2004) Thura-Yura comparative vocabulary. Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, p. 586.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʁu/ [ˈmu.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʁu/ [ˈmu.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʁo/ [ˈmu.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʁu/

Noun

murro m (plural murros)

punch (strike with one’s fist)
Synonym: soco

Derived terms

esmurrar

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