biru

See also:bīruandbǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*biru,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi.ru/

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Noun

biru

1. blue

Iban

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*biru,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi.ru/

Noun

biru

1. blue

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbi.ru/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ru
• Hyphenation:bi‧ru

Etymology 1

InheritedfromMalaybiru,fromProto-Malayic*biru,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue(blue-colored)

Noun

biru(first-person possessivebiruku,second-person possessivebirumu,third-person possessivebirunya)

1. blue(colour)

Derived terms

• kebiru-biruan
• kebiruan
• membiru
• membirukan

• biru benhur
• biru berlin
• biru bulan
• biru ceraka
• biru dongker
• biru gerau
• biru jelak
• biru kelasi
• biru langit
• biru laut
• biru lebam
• biru malam
• biru muda
• biru telang
• biru tua

See also

Colorsin Malay ·warnaorwarna-warna(layout·text)

putih	kelabu	hitam
merah;merah tua	jingga,oren;perang	kuning;putih krim
hijau pucuk pisang	hijau	hijau pudina;hijau gelap
sian,firus;hijau kebiruan	biru langit	biru
lembayung;nila	magenta;ungu	merah jambu,merah muda

Etymology 2

InheritedfromMalaybiru-biru,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*biʀu.Doubletofwiru.

Noun

biru(first-person possessivebiruku,second-person possessivebirumu,third-person possessivebirunya)

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

Etymology 3

BorrowedfromAlune[Term?]

Noun

biru(first-person possessivebiruku,second-person possessivebirumu,third-person possessivebirunya)

1. red mouth from eating areca nut

Further reading

• “biru”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984)Daftar Istilah Warna[Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Iranun

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue(blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue(colour)

Japanese

Romanization

biru

1. Rōmajitranscription ofビル

Javanese

Romanization

biru

1. Romanization ofꦧꦶꦫꦸ

Kavalan

Noun

biru

1. charcoal
2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. green(having green as its colour)

Noun

biru

1. green(colour)

Malay

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*biru,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

biru(Jawi spellingبيرو)

1. blue(blue-colored)

   Synonyms:belau,nila,paul

Noun

biru(Jawi spellingبيرو,pluralbiru-biru,informal 1st possessivebiruku,2nd possessivebirumu,3rd possessivebirunya)

1. blue(colour)

Descendants

• Indonesian:biru

Further reading

• “biru”inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre,Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbʲiru/

Verb

biru

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeabsoluteofbeirid

Mutation

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

Ternate

Etymology

FromClassical Malayبيرو(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

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue(blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue(colour)