buru

See also: Buru, bùrú, bǔrǔ, burū, and буру

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [búruù]

Noun

buru

1. (music) horn

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Alternative forms

• büü (Soule)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾu/ [bu.ɾu]

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• Rhymes: -uɾu, -u
• Hyphenation: bu‧ru

Noun

buru inan

1. (anatomy) head
2. (figurative) intellect, judgment

Declension

Declension of buru (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	buru	burua	buruak	buruok
ergative	buruk	buruak	buruek	buruok
dative	bururi	buruari	buruei	buruoi
genitive	bururen	buruaren	buruen	buruon
comitative	bururekin	buruarekin	buruekin	buruokin
causative	bururengatik	buruarengatik	buruengatik	buruongatik
benefactive	bururentzat	buruarentzat	buruentzat	buruontzat
instrumental	buruz	buruaz	buruez	buruotaz
innesive	burutan	buruan	buruetan	buruotan
locative	burutako	buruko	buruetako	buruotako
allative	burutara	burura	buruetara	buruotara
terminative	burutaraino	bururaino	buruetaraino	buruotaraino
directive	burutarantz	bururantz	buruetarantz	buruotarantz
destinative	burutarako	bururako	buruetarako	buruotarako
ablative	burutatik	burutik	buruetatik	buruotatik
partitive	bururik	—	—	—
prolative	burutzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• asteburu
• belaunburu
• buru jaso
• buru joan
• burugain
• burugogor
• buruhandi
• buruhezur
• burujabe
• buruketa
• burukomin
• burumuin
• geltokiburu (“stationmaster”)
• helburu
• izenburu (“title”)
• lauburu

Further reading

• “buru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “buru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

buru

1. house

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɻu/

Noun

buru

1. ball
2. ball game
3. balls
4. testicles

References

Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buru, from Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (“drive off, chase away, expel”).

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

References

• “buru”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

Latvian

Verb

buru

1. first-person singular present indicative of burt

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw (“drive off, chase away, expel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ru/
• Rhymes: -uru, -ru, -u

Verb

buru (Jawi spelling بورو)

1. to hunt

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemburu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemburuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• perburu [causative passive] (peR-)
• perburuan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• buruan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• memburu [agent focus] (meN-)
• memburu-buru [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• memburu-burukan [reduplication + agent focus + causative benefactive] (redup + meN- + -kan)
• diburu [patient focus] (di-)
• diburu-buru [reduplication + patient focus] (redup + di-)
• terburu [agentless action] (teR-)
• terburu-buru [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
• keburu [passive] (ke-)
• berburu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berburu-buru [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• buru-buru [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: buru

Further reading

• "buru" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Verb

buru

1. to hunt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boer.

Noun

buru

1. farmer
2. A white Surinamese person of Dutch descent, in particular a descendant of nineteenth-century agricultural settlers.

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
• → Dutch: boeroe

Sundanese

Verb

buru (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮛᮥ)

1. to hunt

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.ɾu]

Verb

buru

1. (stative) to be rough

Conjugation

Conjugation of buru

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toburu	foburu	miburu
2nd person		noburu	niburu
3rd person	masculine	oburu	iburu yoburu (archaic)
	feminine	moburu
	neuter	iburu

References

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

Yogad

Noun

burú

1. plant hair

Zarma

Noun

buru

1. bread

References

• David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)