tru
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tru m (indefinite plural tru, definite singular truri, definite plural trutë)
Synonyms[edit]
- mend (“mind”)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
Alngith[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
tru
References[edit]
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.
Preposition[edit]
tru
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]
Verb[edit]
tru
- imperative of true
Linngithigh[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
tru
References[edit]
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tro (Etymologies 1-3)
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tru
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
tru
- imperative of true
References[edit]
- “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
- belief, faith
- Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.
- This was before the new faith had arrived.
- trust, confidence
- Eg har trua på deg.
- I have confidence in you.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.
Verb[edit]
tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)
- to think, believe
- Nei, det trur eg ikkje.
- No, I don't think so.
- imagine, suppose
- Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.
- I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.
- to believe
- Eg trur deg ikkje.
- I don't believe you.
- to believe (have religious faith)
- Eg trur på Gud.
- I believe in God.
- entrust
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tru
- faithful, loyal
- Han var ein tru tenar.
- He was a faithful servant.
- Einige og tru til Dovre fell
- United and loyal (are we) until the Dovre (mountains) fall
- true
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pacoh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tru
- (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tru
Noun[edit]
tru
Taroko[edit]
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tru | ||
Numeral[edit]
tru
Tircul[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
See also[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tru
- true
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:
- Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”
Adverb[edit]
tru
Usage notes[edit]
This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.
Derived terms[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
tru
- (of an animal) to howl
Etymology 2[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.
Verb[edit]
tru
- (only in compounds) to eliminate
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier con) tru
- North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)
Wakhi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Numeral[edit]
tru
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
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- vi:Bovines
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