beru

See also: Beru, berú, and bēru

Bulungan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu. Cognate with Indonesian baru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəru/

Adjective

beru

1. new

Further reading

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “beru”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛru]
• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Hyphenation: be‧ru

Verb

beru

1. first-person singular present indicative of brát

Anagrams

• erbu
• uber
• rube

Kalasha

Noun

beru

1. alternative spelling of berú

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (obsolete spelling) beŗu

Verb

beru

1. first-person singular present indicative of bērt

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈberu]

Adjective

beru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨑᨘ or 𑻤𑻵𑻭𑻴)

1. new

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

beru f (definite singular bero, indefinite plural berur, definite plural berune)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bere

Noun

beru f

1. (dialectal, Nord-Gudbrandsdalen) cow vagina

References

• Alf Eriksen (1996), Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 30

Old Norse

Adjective

beru

1. inflection of berr (“bare”):
   1. positive degree strong neuter dative singular
   2. positive degree weak feminine oblique singular
   3. positive degree weak nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Noun

beru

1. indefinite oblique singular of bera (“female bear”)

Polish

Alternative forms

• bru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ru/
• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Syllabification: be‧ru

Noun

beru m inan

1. genitive singular of ber

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• veru

Etymology

From Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros, derived from *weh₁- (“true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberu/

Adjective

beru (feminine singular bera, masculine plural beros, feminine plural beras)

1. (Logudorese) true

   Synonyms: verdaderu, veritàbile

Adjective

beru (feminine singular bera, masculine plural beros, feminine plural beras)

1. (Campidanese) true

   Synonyms: alloberu, annoberu, berideru, verdaderu, veritàbili

   • 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De is modus”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana‎^[2], Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 127, page 52:

     No sciu si mi pariat beru o falsu

     I don't know if it seems true or false to me

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• bẹ̀rù

Etymology

From bà (“to fear”) +‎ èrù (“fear”), literally “to fear fear”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bè.ɾù/

Verb

bèrù

1. (Ekiti, transitive) to fear, to be afraid

   Synonym: bà

Derived terms

• ìbèrù

Related terms

• dérùba (“to scare”)