waru

From Javanese waru (ꦮꦫꦸ), from Old Javanese waru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of baru.

• IPA^(key): [ˈwa.ru]
• Hyphenation: wa‧ru

waru (plural waru-waru, first-person possessive waruku, second-person possessive warumu, third-person possessive warunya)

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

   Synonym: baru

2. (in extension, card games) spade: a playing card marked with the symbol ♠.

   Synonym: sekop

• “waru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

waru

1. Rōmaji transcription of わる

waru

1. Romanization of ꦮꦫꦸ

• IPA^(key): /wàɾúꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, As waaru, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]

waru class 9/10 (plural waru)

1. potato (of not sweet variety)[2]

• ngwacĩ

waru

1. cotton

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

waru

1. eight

From Proto-Germanic *warį̄, feminine abstract noun formation on Proto-Germanic *warō, from Proto-Indo-European *wor-. Cognate with Old High German wara, Old Saxon wara, Old Dutch *wara, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (warei).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ru/

waru f

1. care, watch, observation
2. guard, protection, defence

• Middle English: ware
  • English: ware, -ware

waru

1. black-footed rock wallaby, Petrogale lateralis

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ru/
• Rhymes: -aru
• Syllabification: wa‧ru

waru m inan

1. genitive singular of war