kuru
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”).[1][2] Perhaps eventually from Proto-Gorokan *kút(V) (“dangling, shaking”) if cognate with the reduplicated element of Yagaria gúli gúli hu- (“be loose, rattle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru (uncountable)
- 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 late 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.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 273:
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
- ^ Scott, Graham (1978) The Fore Language of Papua New Guinea, Pacific Linguistics, DOI: , →ISBN, pages 2, 6
- ^ “Kuru: Clinical study of a new syndrome resembling paralysis agitans in natives of the Eastern Highlands of Australian New Guinea”, in Medical Journal of Australia, volume 2, issue 21, 23 November 1957, DOI: , pages 745-754
Ainu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (apocopic) kur
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru (Kana spelling クル, plural utara)
Usage notes[edit]
This word is similar in usage to Japanese 者 (mono), in the sense that it cannot stand in a sentence as an independent word and is never used without a modifier.
See also[edit]
- pe (“thing”)
Ajië[edit]
Verb[edit]
kuru
References[edit]
- Handschuh, Corinna (2014) A typology of marked-S languages
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
kuru
- imperative of kuri
Fijian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuru, from Proto-Oceanic *kuruq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guruq.
Noun[edit]
kuru (plural kurukuru)
- thunder (sound caused by a lightning)
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kuru (compare Estonian kuru), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kure (compare Komi-Zyrian кыр (kyr), Eastern Mari курык (kuryk), Khanty кор (kor)).
Noun[edit]
kuru
- (geography) gorge, gulch, ravine, flume (narrow v-shaped valley, often with water running through)
- canyon
Declension[edit]
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 |
Possessive forms of kuru (type valo) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kuruni | kurumme |
2nd person | kurusi | kurunne |
3rd person | kurunsa |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From English kuru, from Fore kúru (“trembling, shivering; kuru”).
Noun[edit]
kuru
Declension[edit]
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 | — | — |
Possessive forms of kuru (type valo) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kuruni | kurumme |
2nd person | kurusi | kurunne |
3rd person | kurunsa |
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese couro.
Noun[edit]
kuru
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
kuru
Javanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Carakan: ꦏꦸꦫꦸ
Adjective[edit]
kuru (ngoko kuru, krama kera)
Latvian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
kuru
- accusative singular masculine form of kurš
- instrumental singular masculine form of kurš
- genitive plural masculine form of kurš
- accusative singular feminine form of kurš
- instrumental singular feminine form of kurš
- genitive plural feminine form of kurš
Verb[edit]
kuru
- 1st person singular present indicative form of kurt
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
Maori[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ.
Noun[edit]
kuru
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kulu (“to strike”)
Verb[edit]
kuru (passive kurua or kurungia or kurutia)
Noun[edit]
kuru
Ngan'gityemerri[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
- (Ngan'gimerri) water
Synonyms[edit]
- kuri (Ngan'gikurunggurr)
References[edit]
- Tryon, Darrell T. (1970) An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (quoted online in ASJP)
Pitjantjatjara[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
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Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru m inan
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru m (uncountable)
- kuru (central nervous system disease among the Fore people)
Quechua[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | kuru | kurukuna |
accusative | kuruta | kurukunata |
dative | kuruman | kurukunaman |
genitive | kurup | kurukunap |
locative | kurupi | kurukunapi |
terminative | kurukama | kurukunakama |
ablative | kurumanta | kurukunamanta |
instrumental | kuruwan | kurukunawan |
comitative | kuruntin | kurukunantin |
abessive | kurunnaq | kurukunannaq |
comparative | kuruhina | kurukunahina |
causative | kururayku | kurukunarayku |
benefactive | kurupaq | kurukunapaq |
associative | kurupura | kurukunapura |
distributive | kurunka | kurukunanka |
exclusive | kurulla | kurukunalla |
ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kuruy | kuruykuna |
accusative | kuruyta | kuruykunata |
dative | kuruyman | kuruykunaman |
genitive | kuruypa | kuruykunap |
locative | kuruypi | kuruykunapi |
terminative | kuruykama | kuruykunakama |
ablative | kuruymanta | kuruykunamanta |
instrumental | kuruywan | kuruykunawan |
comitative | kuruynintin | kuruykunantin |
abessive | kuruyninnaq | kuruykunannaq |
comparative | kuruyhina | kuruykunahina |
causative | kuruyrayku | kuruykunarayku |
benefactive | kuruypaq | kuruykunapaq |
associative | kuruypura | kuruykunapura |
distributive | kuruyninka | kuruykunanka |
exclusive | kuruylla | kuruykunalla |
qampa (your) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kuruyki | kuruykikuna |
accusative | kuruykita | kuruykikunata |
dative | kuruykiman | kuruykikunaman |
genitive | kuruykipa | kuruykikunap |
locative | kuruykipi | kuruykikunapi |
terminative | kuruykikama | kuruykikunakama |
ablative | kuruykimanta | kuruykikunamanta |
instrumental | kuruykiwan | kuruykikunawan |
comitative | kuruykintin | kuruykikunantin |
abessive | kuruykinnaq | kuruykikunannaq |
comparative | kuruykihina | kuruykikunahina |
causative | kuruykirayku | kuruykikunarayku |
benefactive | kuruykipaq | kuruykikunapaq |
associative | kuruykipura | kuruykikunapura |
distributive | kuruykinka | kuruykikunanka |
exclusive | kuruykilla | kuruykikunalla |
paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kurun | kurunkuna |
accusative | kurunta | kurunkunata |
dative | kurunman | kurunkunaman |
genitive | kurunpa | kurunkunap |
locative | kurunpi | kurunkunapi |
terminative | kurunkama | kurunkunakama |
ablative | kurunmanta | kurunkunamanta |
instrumental | kurunwan | kurunkunawan |
comitative | kurunintin | kurunkunantin |
abessive | kurunninnaq | kurunkunannaq |
comparative | kurunhina | kurunkunahina |
causative | kurunrayku | kurunkunarayku |
benefactive | kurunpaq | kurunkunapaq |
associative | kurunpura | kurunkunapura |
distributive | kuruninka | kurunkunanka |
exclusive | kurunlla | kurunkunalla |
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kurunchik | kurunchikkuna |
accusative | kurunchikta | kurunchikkunata |
dative | kurunchikman | kurunchikkunaman |
genitive | kurunchikpa | kurunchikkunap |
locative | kurunchikpi | kurunchikkunapi |
terminative | kurunchikkama | kurunchikkunakama |
ablative | kurunchikmanta | kurunchikkunamanta |
instrumental | kurunchikwan | kurunchikkunawan |
comitative | kurunchiknintin | kurunchikkunantin |
abessive | kurunchikninnaq | kurunchikkunannaq |
comparative | kurunchikhina | kurunchikkunahina |
causative | kurunchikrayku | kurunchikkunarayku |
benefactive | kurunchikpaq | kurunchikkunapaq |
associative | kurunchikpura | kurunchikkunapura |
distributive | kurunchikninka | kurunchikkunanka |
exclusive | kurunchiklla | kurunchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kuruyku | kuruykukuna |
accusative | kuruykuta | kuruykukunata |
dative | kuruykuman | kuruykukunaman |
genitive | kuruykupa | kuruykukunap |
locative | kuruykupi | kuruykukunapi |
terminative | kuruykukama | kuruykukunakama |
ablative | kuruykumanta | kuruykukunamanta |
instrumental | kuruykuwan | kuruykukunawan |
comitative | kuruykuntin | kuruykukunantin |
abessive | kuruykunnaq | kuruykukunannaq |
comparative | kuruykuhina | kuruykukunahina |
causative | kuruykurayku | kuruykukunarayku |
benefactive | kuruykupaq | kuruykukunapaq |
associative | kuruykupura | kuruykukunapura |
distributive | kuruykunka | kuruykukunanka |
exclusive | kuruykulla | kuruykukunalla |
qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kuruykichik | kuruykichikkuna |
accusative | kuruykichikta | kuruykichikkunata |
dative | kuruykichikman | kuruykichikkunaman |
genitive | kuruykichikpa | kuruykichikkunap |
locative | kuruykichikpi | kuruykichikkunapi |
terminative | kuruykichikkama | kuruykichikkunakama |
ablative | kuruykichikmanta | kuruykichikkunamanta |
instrumental | kuruykichikwan | kuruykichikkunawan |
comitative | kuruykichiknintin | kuruykichikkunantin |
abessive | kuruykichikninnaq | kuruykichikkunannaq |
comparative | kuruykichikhina | kuruykichikkunahina |
causative | kuruykichikrayku | kuruykichikkunarayku |
benefactive | kuruykichikpaq | kuruykichikkunapaq |
associative | kuruykichikpura | kuruykichikkunapura |
distributive | kuruykichikninka | kuruykichikkunanka |
exclusive | kuruykichiklla | kuruykichikkunalla |
paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | kurunku | kurunkukuna |
accusative | kurunkuta | kurunkukunata |
dative | kurunkuman | kurunkukunaman |
genitive | kurunkupa | kurunkukunap |
locative | kurunkupi | kurunkukunapi |
terminative | kurunkukama | kurunkukunakama |
ablative | kurunkumanta | kurunkukunamanta |
instrumental | kurunkuwan | kurunkukunawan |
comitative | kurunkuntin | kurunkukunantin |
abessive | kurunkunnaq | kurunkukunannaq |
comparative | kurunkuhina | kurunkukunahina |
causative | kurunkurayku | kurunkukunarayku |
benefactive | kurunkupaq | kurunkukunapaq |
associative | kurunkupura | kurunkukunapura |
distributive | kurunkunka | kurunkukunanka |
exclusive | kurunkulla | kurunkukunalla |
Rasawa[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
Further reading[edit]
- Palmer, Bill (2017) The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, →ISBN, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages, page 531
Shona[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.
Adjective[edit]
-kúrú
Antonyms[edit]
- (all senses): -diki
Derived terms[edit]
- ukuru (“greatness”)
Inflection[edit]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class 1 | mukúrú | Class 2 | vakúrú | ||
Class 3 | mukúrú | Class 4 | mikúrú | ||
Class 5 | gúrú | Class 6 | makúrú | ||
Class 7 | chikúrú | Class 8 | zvikúrú | ||
Class 9 | húrú | Class 10 | húrú | ||
Class 11 | rukúrú | ||||
Class 12 | kakúrú | Class 13 | tukúrú | ||
Class 14 | ukúrú | ||||
Class 15 | kukúrú | ||||
Locative classes | |||||
Class 16 | pakúrú | Class 17 | kukúrú | Class 18 | mukúrú |
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru f
Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish قورو, from Proto-Turkic *kūr. Cognate with Azerbaijani quru, Tatar коры (qorı), Karachay-Balkar къуру (quru), Uzbek quruq, Uyghur قۇرۇق (quruq), Khakas хуруғ (xuruğ), Chuvash хӑрӑк (hărăk, “dry (of wood)”).
Adjective[edit]
kuru
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قورو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuru
Yoruba[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kúrú
Derived terms[edit]
- English terms borrowed from Fore
- English terms derived from Fore
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Diseases
- Ainu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ainu lemmas
- Ainu nouns
- Ainu terms with usage examples
- Ajië lemmas
- Ajië verbs
- Czech 2-syllable words
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
- Esperanto verb forms
- Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Fijian lemmas
- Fijian nouns
- fj:Weather
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uru
- Rhymes:Finnish/uru/2 syllables
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Geography
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Fore
- fi:Diseases
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Guinea-Bissau Creole terms derived from Portuguese
- Guinea-Bissau Creole lemmas
- Guinea-Bissau Creole nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese adjectives
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian pronoun forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian noun forms
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Maori verbs
- mi:Plants
- mi:Polynesian canoe plants
- Ngan'gityemerri lemmas
- Ngan'gityemerri nouns
- Pitjantjatjara lemmas
- Pitjantjatjara nouns
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/uru
- Rhymes:Polish/uru/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Quechua lemmas
- Quechua nouns
- Rasawa lemmas
- Rasawa nouns
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Shona lemmas
- Shona adjectives
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak non-lemma forms
- Slovak noun forms
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish adjectives
- Turkish non-lemma forms
- Turkish noun forms
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba verbs