baru

See also: bāru, bäru, and barů

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baru/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

baru

1. new (age of non-living things)

   rumah baru

   new house

Antonyms

• (age): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

• (age): muda (“young”) (living things)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaru/

Noun

1. genitive singular of bar
2. dative singular of bar
3. locative singular of bar

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Esperanto

Verb

baru

1. imperative of bari

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• baharu
• baroe (pre-1947)

Etymology 1

From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

baru

1. (colloquial) alternative form of baharu

   Saya mempunyai kamus yang baru.

   I have a new dictionary.

   Kamus saya adalah baru.

   My dictionary is new.

Verb

baru

1. Near perfect aspect i.e. the action or situation has just been completed

Etymology 2

From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu (compare Hawaiian hau).

Noun

baru

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

   Synonym: waru

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Latvian

Noun

baru m

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular form of bars
2. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular form of bars
3. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural form of bars

Verb

baru

1. (deprecated template usage) 1st person singular present indicative form of bārt

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Lithuanian

Noun

baru m

1. instrumental singular of baras

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baru/
• Rhymes: -aru, -ru, -u

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Alternative forms

• baharu
• bahru
• bharu
• بهارو
• بارو
• بهرو

Conjunction

baru

1. just (recently)

Adjective

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

1. (colloquial) new; recently came into existence

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *baru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu (compare Hawaiian hau).

Noun

baru

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. accusative singular of bȁra

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Sundanese

Romanization

baru

1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮥ