tru

From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.[1]

• IPA^(key): /tɾũ/

tru m (indefinite plural tru, definite singular truri, definite plural trutë)

1. brain

• mend (“mind”)

• trullos
• truri (standard, Tosk)
• truni (Gheg) / trũnië (Zhêzhë)

tru

1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

• ntru

From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.

tru

1. in

• ãn, tu

• ãntru

IPA^(key): /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

• Homophone: tro

tru

1. imperative of true

tru

1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

• tro (Etymologies 1-3)

From Old Norse trúr.

tru

1. faithful, loyal
2. true

• truskap

From Old Norse trú.

tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

From Old Norse trúa.

tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)

1. to think, believe
2. to imagine, suppose
3. to have faith

tru

1. imperative of true

• “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /trʉː/

From Old Norse trú.

tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith

   Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.

   This was before the new faith had arrived.

2. trust, confidence

   Eg har trua på deg.

   I have confidence in you.

• truskyld
• truverdig

From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trudd/trutt, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)

1. to think, believe

   Nei, det trur eg ikkje.

   No, I don't think so.

2. imagine, suppose

   Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.

   I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.

3. to believe

   Eg trur deg ikkje.

   I don't believe you.

4. to believe (have religious faith)

   Eg trur på Gud.

   I believe in God.

5. entrust

From Old Norse trúr.

tru

1. 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

2. true

• truskap

• “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Kadô) sru
• (Pahi Tamprín) chru

From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

• IPA^(key): [truː]

tru 

1. (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep

From English true.

tru

1. true

tru

1. truth

tru

1. (Toda dialect) three
2. (Truku dialect) three
3. (Truku) three

• IPA^(key): /kɾuː/

1. 6 (six)

• (Pyu digits):           

From English true.

tru

1. 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.’ ”

     →New International Version translation

tru

1. truly; very; verily
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:31:

     God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas tru. Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba 6.

     →New International Version translation

2. very much
3. amen; so be it

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.

• tenkyu tru

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]

tru

1. (of an animal) to howl

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

tru

1. (only in compounds) to eliminate

• tru di tam tộc, tru di cửu tộc
• trời tru đất diệt

(classifier con) tru

1. North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)

Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tru

1. three