biru

See also: bīru and bǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Noun

biru

1. blue

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Noun

biru

1. blue

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ru/

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• Rhymes: -ru
• Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

1. blue (colour)

Derived terms

• kebiru-biruan
• kebiruan
• membiru
• membirukan

 

• biru benhur
• biru berlin
• biru bulan
• biru ceraka
• biru dongker
• biru gerau
• biru jelak
• biru kelasi
• biru langit
• biru laut
• biru lebam
• biru malam
• biru muda
• biru telang
• biru tua

 

See also

Colors in Malay · warna-warna (layout · text)

putih	kelabu	hitam
merah; merah tua	jingga; perang	kuning; krem
hijau pucuk pisang	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau gelap
firus; hijau kebiruan	biru langit	biru
lembayung; nila	magenta; ungu	merah jambu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay biru-biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu. Doublet of wiru.

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

1. folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alune [Term?]

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

1. red mouth from eating areca nut

Further reading

• “biru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)

Japanese

Romanization

biru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビル

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese biru.

Adjective

biru (krama-ngoko biru)

1. blue

Noun

biru (krama ngoko biru)

1. blue

Kavalan

Noun

biru

1. charcoal
2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru

1. green (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biru]
• Rhymes: -iru, -ru, -u

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو)

1. blue (blue-colored)

   Synonyms: belau, nila, paul

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)

1. blue (colour)

Descendants

• Indonesian: biru

Further reading

• “biru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiru/

Verb

biru

1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
biru	biru pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbiru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Javanese

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay بيرو (biru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾu]

Noun

biru

1. blue

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)