oru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oru"

Translingual

Symbol

oru

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ormuri.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ormuri terms

Abinomn

Noun

oru

1. a kind of fish

Asturian

Chemical element (edit)
Au Atomic number 79 oru
Classification data Period 6 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Etymology

Inherited from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾu/ [ˈo.ɾu]
• Rhymes: -oɾu
• Syllabification: o‧ru

Noun

oru m (plural oros)

1. gold (element)

Chungli Ao

Noun

oru

1. parrot

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 22
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 145

Corsican

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aurum.

Noun

oru m

1. gold

References

• “oru”, in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa [Database of the Corsican language], 1999-

Estonian

Noun

oru

1. genitive singular of org

Extremaduran

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom

Proto-Italic *auzom

Latin aurumder.

Extremaduran oru

Derived from Latin aurum.

Noun

oru m

1. gold

Japanese

Romanization

oru

1. Rōmaji transcription of おる

Mbongno

Noun

oru

1. hair
2. feather

References

• Charles K. Meek, Tribal Studies in Northern Nigeria (1931)

Sardinian

Chemical element (edit)
Au Atomic number 79 oru
Classification data Period 6 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Alternative forms

• oro (Campidanese)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoru/, [ˈoː.ɾu]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian oro, from Latin aurum.

Noun

oru

1. (Logudorese) gold

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “òro”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *ōrum, variant of ōra.

Noun

oru

1. border, edge

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

oru (Cyrillic spelling ору)

1. third-person plural present of orati

Sicilian

Chemical element (edit)
Au Atomic number 79 oru
Classification data Period 6 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← plàtinu (Pt)
Next: mercuriu (Hg) →

Alternative forms

• auru

Noun

oru m

1. gold (chemical element)

Yilan Creole

Etymology

Derived from Japanese おる (oru, “to exist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oɾu]

Verb

oru

1. to stay, to be

   antaraci doko oru

   Where are you?

2. to exist

   Synonym: aru

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎^[1], number 44, →ISSN
• 林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect‎^[2] (Unpublished thesis)
• Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎^[3] (Master's thesis)

Yoruba

òru

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Igala òdu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾū/

Noun

òru

1. night (10pm to 12am)

Related terms

• ọ̀gànjọ́ (“midnight”)
• ààjìn (“postmidnight”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɾù/

Noun

orù

1. doorknob; door handle

Related terms

• ilẹ̀kùn (“door”)
• ẹ̀kùrẹ́ (“door”)