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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ru/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ru
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

  1. blue (colour)

Derived terms

  • kebiru-biruan
  • kebiruan
  • membiru
  • membirukan

See also

Colors in Malay · warna-warna (layout · text)
     putih      kelabu      hitam
             merah; merah tua              jingga, oren; perang              kuning; kuning air
             hijau pucuk pisang              hijau              hijau pudina; hijau gelap
             firus; sian; hijau kebiruan              biru langit              biru
             lembayung; nila              magenta; ungu              merah jambu, merah muda

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay biru-biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu. Doublet of wiru.

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

  1. folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alune [Term?]

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

  1. red mouth from eating areca nut

Further reading

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

Romanization

biru

  1. romanization of ꦧꦶꦫꦸ

Kavalan

Noun

biru

  1. charcoal
  2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

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

Adjective

biru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨑᨘ)

  1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨑᨘ)

  1. green (colour)

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bi.ru]
  • Rhymes: -ru, -u
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو)

  1. blue (blue-colored)
    Synonyms: belau, nila, paul

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru)

  1. blue (colour)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: biru

Further reading

Old High German

Alternative forms

Verb

biru

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bëran

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲiru/

Verb

biru

  1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation

Mutation of biru
radical lenition nasalization
biru biru
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbiru

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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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