ruru

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori ruru. First use in English appears c. 1842.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruru (plural rurus)

  1. (New Zealand) The morepork.

Maori

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Maori Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mi

Noun

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ruru

  1. A morepork (a type of owl).

Quechua

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Noun

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ruru

  1. fruit, seed, pit
  2. product, produce
  3. egg
  4. testicle

Declension

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See also

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Tahitian

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Verb

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ruru

  1. tie

Ternate

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruru

  1. sago midrib

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruru

  1. a leaf dustpan

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ruru

  1. (intransitive) to drift
Conjugation
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Conjugation of ruru
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toruru foruru miruru
2nd noruru niruru
3rd Masculine oruru iruru, yoruru
Feminine moruru
Neuter iruru
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruru

  1. ashes

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics