garu

See also: -garu

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

garu

1. brain

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri gàrú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡàː.rúː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡàː.rúː]

Noun

gā̀r̃ū m (plural gār̃ukā̀, possessed form gā̀r̃un)

1. wall around a settlement or compound

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaru]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ru

Etymology 1

From Malay garu. Doublet of garuk.

Noun

garu (plural garu-garu)

1. harrow, rake

   Synonym: penggaruk

Derived terms

• menggaru
• penggaru
• penggaruan

• garu rumput

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit अगुरु (aguru).

Noun

garu (plural garu-garu)

1. agarwood (Cantleya corniculata)

Alternative forms

• gaharu

Further reading

• “garu” 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.

Japanese

Romanization

garu

1. Rōmaji transcription of がる

Latvian

Noun

garu m

1. inflection of gars:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Adjective

garu

1. inflection of garš:
   1. accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
   2. genitive masculine/feminine plural

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaru]

Verb

garu (Lontara spelling ᨁᨑᨘ, semi-transitive aʼgaru)

1. (transitive) to stir

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀaw (“to scratch; itch mite, vermin”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو)

1. to scratch
2. (tool) to rake

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penggaru [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• menggaru [agent focus] (meN-)
• menggarukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menggaru-garu [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• digaru [patient focus] (di-)
• digarukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• digaru-garu [reduplication + patient focus] (redup + di-)
• tergaru [agentless action] (teR-)
• tergaru-garu [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
• bergaru [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bergaru-garu [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

Noun

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو, plural garu-garu)

1. harrow, rake

Descendants

• Indonesian: garu

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• गरु (Devanagari script)
• গরু (Bengali script)
• ගරු (Sinhalese script)
• ဂရု or ၷရု (Burmese script)
• ครุ or คะรุ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຣຸ or ຄະຣຸ (Lao script)
• គរុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “heavy”).

Adjective

garu

1. heavy
2. venerable

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garavo or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garavo or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garave or garavo

Declension table of "garunī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garunī	garuniyo or garunī
Accusative (second)	garuniṃ or garuniyaṃ	garuniyo or garunī
Instrumental (third)	garuniyā	garunīhi or garunībhi
Dative (fourth)	garuniyā	garunīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garuniyā	garunīhi or garunībhi
Genitive (sixth)	garuniyā	garunīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garuniyā or garuniyaṃ	garunīsu
Vocative (calling)	garuni	garuniyo or garunī

Declension table of "garu" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garūni or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garūni or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garūni or garū

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဂရု (ga.ru.)
• → Thai: ครุ (krú)
• → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

Noun

garu m

1. teacher (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garavo or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garavo or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garave or garavo

Derived terms

• guru

Descendants

• → Thai: ครุ (krú)
• → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “garu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa galú.

Noun

garu class 1a (plural ŵagaru)

1. dog

References

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 33, 197

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːri/, /ˈɡari/

Verb

garu

1. soft mutation of caru

Mutation

Mutated forms of caru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caru	garu	ngharu	charu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.