giru

See also: ĝiru

Salar

Etymology

Cognate to Turkish kırağı.

Pronunciation

• (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /qeru/
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /qiri/
• (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /qiru/, /qiro/

Noun

giru

1. (dialectal, Mengda, Hualong, Ili) frost

   Synonyms: katu, shang

References

• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “giru”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 106
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “giru”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 226
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “giru”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 260

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

giru

1. (eastern dialect) a sprouting coconut

Usage notes

Giru (eastern dialect) or musu koknat (western dialect) is the second stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by wai (eastern dialect) or musu (western dialect), and followed by gad or smol koknat.