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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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eru

  1. first/second/third-person plural present of vera (to be): are

Icelandic

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Verb

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eru

  1. third-person plural present of vera (to be): they are
    Menn eru illir.
    Men are evil.

Japanese

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Romanization

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eru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of える
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エル

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eru (Jawi spelling ارو, plural eru-eru, informal 1st possessive eruku, 2nd possessive erumu, 3rd possessive erunya)

  1. casuarina (trees of the genus Casuarina)
    Synonym: cemara

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: eru

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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eru

  1. third-person plural indicative present of vera

Palauan

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Palauan cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : eru

Etymology

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From Pre-Palauan *ruwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

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eru

  1. two

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From earlier helu, probably from Fon ʁèèlú (alas).[1]

Interjection

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eru

  1. alas, woe

References

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  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 468.

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Icelandic ertu.

Phrase

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eru

  1. (colloquial, Stockholm) Pronunciation spelling of "är du" (are you, you are).
    Vem eru?
    Who are you?
    Eru inte trött? Du har inte sovit nåt.
    Aren't you tired? You haven't slept any.