teru

Japanese

Romanization

teru

1. Rōmaji transcription of てる

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ru/

Noun

teru n

1. alternative form of teoru

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	teru	teru
accusative	teru	teru
genitive	terwes	terwa
dative	terwe	terwum

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.ɾu]

Verb

teru

1. (transitive) to put or place up high
2. (transitive) to carry on one's head

Conjugation

Conjugation of teru

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toteru	foteru	miteru
2nd person		noteru	niteru
3rd person	masculine	oteru	iteru yoteru (archaic)
	feminine	moteru
	neuter	iteru

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

têr (“pure”) +‎ -u

Verb

teru (first-person singular present teraf)

1. (transitive) to purify, refine

   Synonyms: puro, pureiddio, coethi

2. (transitive) to cleanse, clarify

   Synonyms: glanhau, gloywi

Conjugation

Conjugation of teru (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	teraf	teri	têr, tera	terwn	terwch	terant	terir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	terwn	terit	terai	terem	terech	terent	terid
preterite	terais	teraist	terodd	terasom	terasoch	terasant	terwyd
pluperfect	teraswn	terasit	terasai	terasem	terasech	terasent	terasid, teresid
present subjunctive	terwyf	terych	tero	terom	teroch	teront	terer
imperative	—	têr, tera	tered	terwn	terwch	terent	terer
verbal noun	teru
verbal adjectives	teredig teradwy

Conjugation of teru (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tera i, teraf i	teri di	terith o/e/hi, teriff e/hi	terwn ni	terwch chi	teran nhw
conditional	terwn i, terswn i	teret ti, terset ti	terai fo/fe/hi, tersai fo/fe/hi	teren ni, tersen ni	terech chi, tersech chi	teren nhw, tersen nhw
preterite	terais i, teres i	teraist ti, terest ti	terodd o/e/hi	teron ni	teroch chi	teron nhw
imperative	—	tera	—	—	terwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of teru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teru	deru	nheru	theru

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “teru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese てる (-teru) or ている (-teiru).

Particle

teru

1. continuative aspect marker

References

• Shinji Sanada; Chien Yuehchen (2008), “台湾における日本語クレオールについて”, in 日本語の研究‎^[1], volume 4, number 2, pages 69-76
• Peng Qiu (2015), “A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole”, in Master of Arts Thesis