tiru

See also: tīru

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiru/

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• Rhymes: -iru
• Syllabification: ti‧ru

Verb

tiru

1. imperative of tiri

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tiru. Cognate with Makasar tiru and Sundanese tiron.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiru/ [ˈt̪i.ru]
• Rhymes: -iru
• Syllabification: ti‧ru

Verb

tiru (active meniru, reflexive passive tertiru, ordinary passive ditiru, imperative tiru, emphatic-jussive tirulah)

1. to imitate

Derived terms

• meniru
• meniru-niru
• menirukan
• peniru
• peniruan
• tertirukan
• tiru-tiruan
• tiruan

Further reading

• “tiru”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Makasar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiru/, [ˈt̪ʰi.ru]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ru

Verb

tiru (Lontara spelling ᨈᨗᨑᨘ or 𑻦𑻳𑻭𑻴, semi-transitive attiru, passive nitiru)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to scrounge; to subtly solicit a reward by offering unsolicited help

   Jukuʼ kutirujinne ― I scrounged this fish (e.g., as a reward for helping out).

2. (intransitive) to subtly beg; to try to get something by appealing to someone's pity

   Punna tenamo nuttiru tenamo nunnganre

   If you no longer subtly beg, you no longer eat.

Derived terms

affixations

• attiru
• attiru-tiru
• patiru

compounds

• attiru jamàng
• attiru jukuʼ

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 820

Maltese

Verb

tiru

1. second-person plural imperative of tar

Oroqen

Noun

tiru

1. pillow