kuru

See also: kūru

English

Etymology

From Fore, literally meaning ‘shaking death’.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɹuː/

Noun

kuru (uncountable)

1. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 273:

     By the kate 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.

Synonyms

• laughing death
• laughing sickness

Translations

central nervous system disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫魯病, 库鲁病 (kùlǔbìng)

• Finnish: kuru (fi)
• French: kuru (fr) m

• German: Kuru f
• Irish: kuru m
• Portuguese: kuru (pt) m
• Russian: ку́ру (ru) f (kúru)

Anagrams

• Uruk, ruku'

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Ajië

Verb

kuru

1. sleep

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuru/

Noun

kuru

1. dative singular of kur
2. locative singular of kur

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Esperanto

Verb

kuru

1. imperative of kuri

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀuq (compare Chamorro hulu, Indonesian guruh, Malay guruh).

Noun

kuru (plural kurukuru)

1. thunder (sound caused by a lightning)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧ru

Etymology 1

Noun

kuru

1. (geography) gorge, gulch (narrow v-shaped valley)
2. canyon

Declension

Inflection of kuru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		kuru	kurut
genitive		kurun	kurujen
partitive		kurua	kuruja
illative		kuruun	kuruihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kuru	kurut
accusative	nom.	kuru	kurut
	gen.	kurun
genitive		kurun	kurujen
partitive		kurua	kuruja
inessive		kurussa	kuruissa
elative		kurusta	kuruista
illative		kuruun	kuruihin
adessive		kurulla	kuruilla
ablative		kurulta	kuruilta
allative		kurulle	kuruille
essive		kuruna	kuruina
translative		kuruksi	kuruiksi
instructive		—	kuruin
abessive		kurutta	kuruitta
comitative		—	kuruineen

Synonyms

• kanjoni

Etymology 2

Noun

kuru

1. (medicine) kuru.

Declension

Inflection of kuru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		kuru	—
genitive		kurun	—
partitive		kurua	—
illative		kuruun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		kuru	—
accusative	nom.	kuru	—
	gen.	kurun
genitive		kurun	—
partitive		kurua	—
inessive		kurussa	—
elative		kurusta	—
illative		kuruun	—
adessive		kurulla	—
ablative		kurulta	—
allative		kurulle	—
essive		kuruna	—
translative		kuruksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		kurutta	—
comitative		—	—

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Japanese

Romanization

kuru

1. Rōmaji transcription of くる

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Latvian

Pronoun

kuru

1. accusative singular masculine form of kurš
2. instrumental singular masculine form of kurš
3. genitive plural masculine form of kurš
4. accusative singular feminine form of kurš
5. instrumental singular feminine form of kurš
6. genitive plural feminine form of kurš

Verb

kuru

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of kurt

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuru/

Noun

kuru

1. accusative singular of kura
2. instrumental singular of kura

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Maori

Noun

kuru

1. breadfruit

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Ngan'gityemerri

Noun

kuru

1. (Ngan'gimerri) water

Synonyms

• kuri (Ngan'gikurunggurr)

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970) (quoted online in ASJP)

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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

kuru

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Portuguese

Noun

kuru m (uncountable)

1. kuru (central nervous system disease among the Fore people)

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Quechua

Noun

kuru

1. worm

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kurıg.

Adjective

kuru (comparative daha kuru, superlative en kuru)

1. dry
2. a very slim person
3. depleted

Antonyms

• yaş
• nemli