amur

See also: Amur and amûr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аму́р (amúr), from an Evenki language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of Amur.

Noun

amur (plural amurs)

1. Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
   • 1974, “Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science”, in Indiana Academy of Science, volume 83, 174:

     In the fall of 1972, we obtained a special permit from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to import 20 amurs for study in indoor aquaria.

Related terms

• black amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
• white amur

Anagrams

• 'umra, Maru, Mura, Umar, arum, maru, mura

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre.

Alternative forms

• amuar (Vegliot)

Verb

amur

1. to love

Related terms

• amaur
• moraus

Etymology 2

From Latin amārus.

Alternative forms

• amuor

Adjective

amur m (feminine amuora)

1. bitter

Related terms

• marcus
• muarka

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

amur

1. dew

Middle English

Noun

amur

1. alternative form of amour

Old French

Noun

amur oblique singular, m (oblique plural amurs, nominative singular amurs, nominative plural amur)

1. alternative form of amor

Solon

Noun

amur

1. river

Further reading

• Peter S Piispanen, Languages in Contact: Dagur and Solon, 2019.

Tashelhit

Etymology

See tamurt (“lance, spear”) .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amur/

Noun

amur m (construct state umur, plural imurn, feminine equivalent tamurt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, Arabic spelling آمور)

1. pointed or iron stick, arrow
2. goad, sting
3. portion, part

   Synonym: ili

4. small measure

Inflection

Inflection of amur

	singular	plural
free state	amur	imurn
annexed state	umur, wamur	imurn

See also

• agstur (“sword”)
• gʷmr (“to hunt”)
• tamurt (“spear”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 312a

Tolai

Alternative forms

• mur

Pronoun

amur

1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1

¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.