iru

From Yoruba irú.

iru (uncountable)

1. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.

• Rui, URI, Uri, uri

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

• IPA^(key): /iru/

iru

1. two

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iru

1. imperative of iri

iru

1. Rōmaji transcription of いる

Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ìɾǔꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[3]

iru class 5 (plural maru)

1. knee^[2][4]

(Proverbs)

• nyama ya mbũri ndiunagwo na iru

• “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• ira
• iro
• ire

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

iru

1. her

Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (“id”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)i.ru/

iru

1. spoon, ladle, especially one made from a coconut shell

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• urú (Ekiti)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. type, kind, sort

   Synonym: ríṣi

   Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ― Which type of fish is this?

2. breed

   Synonym: ẹ̀yà

Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. seed

   Synonym: irúgbìn

 

From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (“seed”) +‎ ìgbá (“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally “seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾú/

irú

1. fermented locust beans used in cooking.

   Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà

• ẹlẹ́nu irú

• → English: iru

 

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾù/

irù

1. tsetse fly

 

See Urhobo úrhúrhu

• ùrù (Ekiti)
• ùù (Ondo)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾù/

ìrù

1. tail

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾú/

ìrú

1. loyalty, allegiance; especially to a higher authority
2. strenuous effort or labor

   Synonym: ìlàkàkà