turo

See also: turó, túró, turò, and tűrő

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *tuluq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾoʔ/

Noun

turò

1. drip; slow flow (as of water from a slightly open faucet, etc.)
2. leak; leakage (as of rainwater from a roof, etc.)

Derived terms

• magturo
• paturo
• turuan

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tulduq. Doublet of Proto-Philippine *tuduq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /tuˈɾoʔ/

Verb

turô

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to teach; to educate
2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to point

Synonyms

• tukdo
• edukar (“to educate”)

Derived terms

• ituro
• katuruan
• magturo
• paraturo
• turuan

 

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French tour, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis). Compare Yiddish טורעם‎ (turem), German Turm, English tower, Italian torre, Russian тура́ (turá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturo]
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• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: tu‧ro

Noun

turo (accusative singular turon, plural turoj, accusative plural turojn)

1. (architecture) tower
2. (chess) rook

Derived terms

Derived terms

• akvoturo (“water tower”)
• Ejfelturo (“Eiffel Tower”)
• fajroturo (“fire lookout tower”)
• lumturo (“lighthouse”)
• sonorilturo (“steeple”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈturo/, [ˈt̪uro̞]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧ro

Noun

turo

1. (fishing) A structure built from tree branches in order to lure spawning fish.

Declension

Inflection of turo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		turo	turot
genitive		turon	turojen
partitive		turoa	turoja
illative		turoon	turoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		turo	turot
accusative	nom.	turo	turot
	gen.	turon
genitive		turon	turojen
partitive		turoa	turoja
inessive		turossa	turoissa
elative		turosta	turoista
illative		turoon	turoihin
adessive		turolla	turoilla
ablative		turolta	turoilta
allative		turolle	turoille
essive		turona	turoina
translative		turoksi	turoiksi
instructive		—	turoin
abessive		turotta	turoitta
comitative		—	turoineen

Possessive forms of turo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	turoni	turomme
2nd person	turosi	turonne
3rd person	turonsa

Compounds

• havuturo
• lehväturo

Anagrams

• rotu, ruot, toru

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English tour, French tournée, German Tour, Russian турне́ (turné).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ro/

Noun

turo (plural turi)

1. tour

Derived terms

• turismo (“tourism”)
• turisto (“tourist”)
• mondoturo (“world tour”)

Ilocano

Noun

turo

1. lye

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: tù‧ro

Verb

turo

1. first-person singular present indicative of turare

Anagrams

• Tour, urto, urtò

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tulduq (doublet of Proto-Philippine *tuduq), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾoʔ/, [ˈtu.ɾoʔ]

Noun

turò

1. teaching; guidance; instructions
2. act of teaching (as to a student)

   Synonym: pagtuturo

3. education
4. act of pointing with one's finger
5. act of guiding someone to a place

Derived terms

• hintuturo
• ipaturo
• ituro
• katuruan
• magpaturo
• magturo
• maituro
• makapagturo
• makaturo
• maturo
• nakapagtuturo
• pagtuturo
• panturo
• panunuro
• panuro
• panuruan
• paturo
• paturuan
• tagapagturo
• tagapaturo
• taong panuruan
• turo-turo
• turuan

 

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish toro, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuɾo]

Noun

turo (plural turojte)

1. bull

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 98, 242