iru

1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forIrula.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Irula terms

FromYorubairú.

iru (uncountable)

1. A West Africancondiment made fromfermentedlocust beans.

• Rui,URI,Uri,uri

FromProto-Oceanic*rua, fromProto-Austronesian*duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

• IPA^(key): /iru/

iru

1. two

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

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iru

1. imperative ofiri

iru

1. Rōmaji transcription ofいる

Hinde (1904) recordsiru as an equivalent of Englishknee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing alsoKambaiyu as its equivalent.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ìɾǔꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term intoɲamo class which includesnyamũ,gũtũ,guka,mũguĩ,mũgwacĩ,mũtwe,rũkũ,ũta,taata(“my aunt”),Kariũki(“man's name”), etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together withrũkũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingbaba,guka,gũtũ,mũguĩ,mũtwe,nyamũ,ruo,rũhĩ (pl.hĩ),rũkũ (pl.ngũ),taata(“my aunt”),ũta (pl.mota),ũthiũ (pl.mothiũ), and so on.^[3]

iru class5 (pluralmaru)

1. knee^[2][4]

(Proverbs)

• nyama ya mbũri ndiunagwo na iru

• “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• ira
• iro
• ire

FromProto-Germanic*hiz.

iru

1. her

Ultimately fromOld Javaneseirus(“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate withTobeloiruhu(“id”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)i.ru/

iru

1. spoon,ladle, especially one made from acoconutshell

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

• urú(Ekiti)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. type,kind,sort

   Synonym:ríṣi

   Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ―Whichtype of fish is this?

2. breed

   Synonym:ẹ̀yà

Cognate withIgalaúlú, probably derived fromProto-Yoruboid*ú-lú

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. seed

   Synonym:irúgbìn

FromClipping ofirúgbàá, ultimately fromirú(“seed”) +‎ìgbá(“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally“seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. fermentedlocust beans used in cooking.

   Synonyms:irúgbàá,irúgbàá àbàtà

• ẹlẹ́nu irú

• → English:iru

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾù/

irù

1. tsetse fly

SeeUrhoboúrhúrhu

• ùrù(Ekiti)
• ùù(Ondo)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾù/

ìrù

1. tail

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾú/

ìrú

1. loyalty,allegiance; especially to ahigherauthority
2. strenuouseffort orlabor

   Synonym:ìlàkàkà

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