aru

See also: Aru, arú, arû, aɽu, áru, āru, árú, and -aru

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaru/ [ˈʔʌɾʊ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ru

Noun

áru m 

1. (geography, astronomy) crater

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Aymara

Noun

aru

1. language

References

• Official translation of the Constitución Política del Estado, Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional, 2016

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Blagar

Numeral

aru

1. two

References

• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Stokhof (1975)

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Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroz.

Noun

aru

1. rice

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 77

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Estonian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arwa (“price, value”), of Indo-Iranic origin. Cognate to Finnish arvo.

Noun

aru (genitive aru, partitive aru)

1. reason

Declension

Declension of aru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aru	arud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	aru
genitive			arude
partitive		aru	arusid
illative		arru arusse	arudesse
inessive		arus	arudes
elative		arust	arudest
allative		arule	arudele
adessive		arul	arudel
ablative		arult	arudelt
translative		aruks	arudeks
terminative		aruni	arudeni
essive		aruna	arudena
abessive		aruta	arudeta
comitative		aruga	arudega

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Japanese

Romanization

aru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ある

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Jaqaru

Etymology

Cognate with Aymara aru

Verb

aru

1. to speak

References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 75.

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Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aru (intensive aorist yettaru, aorist yaru, preterite yura, negative preterite yuri, verbal noun tira)

1. to write

   Ttarun tibratin.

   They're writing letters.

Related terms

• ttwaru

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Kanakanabu

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : aru

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

aru

1. eight

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Latvian

Verb

aru

1. (deprecated template usage) 1st person singular present indicative form of art
2. (deprecated template usage) 1st person singular past indicative form of art

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Noun

aru

1. chase
2. pursuit

Verb

aru (passive arumia)

1. to chase
2. to follow, pursue

References

• “aru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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Rukai

Adverb

aru

1. more (to make comparisons)

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Tahitian

Noun

aru

1. forest

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Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɾu]

Noun

aru

1. a hole

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɾu]

Noun

aru

1. a wooden spoon

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɾu]

Verb

aru

1. (stative) to be complete

Conjugation

Conjugation of aru
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toaru	foaru	miaru
2nd	noaru	niaru
3rd	Masculine	oaru	iaru, yoaru†
Feminine	moaru
Neuter	iaru
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh