biru

See also: bīru and bǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ru/

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Noun

biru

  1. blue

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ru/

Noun

biru

  1. blue

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

  1. blue (colour)

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

  1. blue (colour)

Japanese

Romanization

biru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ビル

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese biru.

Adjective

biru (krama-ngoko biru)

  1. blue

Noun

biru (krama ngoko biru)

  1. blue

Kavalan

Noun

biru

  1. charcoal
  2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru

  1. green (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [biru]
  • Rhymes: -iru, -ru, -u

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو‎)

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Synonyms

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو‎, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)

  1. blue (colour)

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲiru/

Verb

biru

  1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
biru biru
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbiru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Javanese

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay بيرو‎ (biru).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.ɾu]

Noun

biru

  1. blue

References
  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

  1. blue (colour)
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