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meru

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See also: mēru, Meru, and MERU

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɾu/ [ˈme.ɾu]
  • Rhymes: -eɾu
  • Syllabification: me‧ru

Etymology 1

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From Latin merus.

Adjective

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meru m sg (feminine singular mera, neuter singular mero, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meres)

  1. the very same
    Nel meru día.
    In that same day.

Etymology 2

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Probably back-formation from merín.

Adjective

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meru m sg (feminine singular mera, neuter singular mero, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meres)

  1. "a type of sheep" (probably merino)

Etymology 3

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Cf. Catalan, Galician and Spanish mero.

Alternative forms

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  1. grouper (fish)

References

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  • “meru”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “meru”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Balinese

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Noun

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meru

  1. alternative spelling of méru

Dumbea

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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meru

  1. dog

References

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese méru (ꦩꦺꦫꦸ) and Balinese méru, from Old Javanese meru, from Sanskrit मेरु (meru).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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méru (plural meru-meru)

  1. Mount Meru: the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes
  2. Meru tower: the principal shrine of a Balinese temple, a wooden, pagoda-like structure with a masonry base, a wooden chamber and multi-tiered thatched roofs
  3. triangular decoration as a symbol of the divine being

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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meru

  1. romanization of ꦩꦺꦫꦸ

Old English

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Adjective

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meru

  1. alternative form of mearu

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मेरु (meru).

Noun

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meru

  1. (literately) mountain.
    Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir
  2. centre of the world
  3. pagoda-like building in the temple compound.

Descendants

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  • Javanese: méru
  • → Balinese: méru

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *meru. Cognate with Mbya Guarani mberu.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [mɛˈɾu]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: me‧ru

    Noun

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    meru (?)

    1. fly (any insect in the suborder Brachycera)[1][2]
      • [1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XLII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 255:
        Il y a des Mouches que les Indiens appellent Merou ou Berou: il ſ'en trouue de diuerſes eſpeces mais toutes differentes des noſtres.
        There are flies that the Indians call “meru” or “mberu”: various types are found, but all of them are differet from ours.]
    2. (strictly) New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax)[2][3]
      • [1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, chapter XCII, in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 222:
        Merús, são outras moscas grandes e azuladas que mordem muito, onde chegam, tanto que por cima de rede passam o gibam a quem está lançado n’ela, e logo fazem arrebentar o sangue pela mordedura: aconteceu muitas vezes porem elas varejas a homens que estavam dormindo, nas orelhas, nas ventas e no céu da boca, e lavrarem de feição por dentro as varejas, sem se saber o que era, que morreram alguns d’isso.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: merú
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: biru

    References

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    1. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Mosca [Fly]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 43: “Berû [Mberu]”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 293, lines 394, 396
    3. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “meru”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 278, columns 1–2

    Tobati

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    Etymology

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    Ulltimately from Portuguese milho.

    Noun

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    meru

    1. corn

    Further reading

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    • Buku Ajar Bahasa Tobati Bagi Pemula [Tobati Language Guide for Beginners] (in Indonesian), Jayapura: Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kota Jayapura, 2018
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