neru

Corsican
U culore neru.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older negru, from Latin nigrum. Cf. Italian nero, negro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛru/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ru
  • Rhymes: -ɛru

Adjective

neru (feminine nera, masculine plural neri, feminine plural nere)

  1. black

Noun

neru m (plural neri)

  1. black (color)
  2. black person

References
  • Jacques Fusina (1999) Parlons Corse, Editions L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 52
  • “neru, negru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Japanese

Romanization

neru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ねる
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ネル

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 寝る (neru, “to sleep”). Compare Atayal abi (“to sleep; to stay”).

Verb

neru

  1. to sleep
  2. to stay

References
  • Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎, pages 513-532
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