turus

See also: Turus

Estonian

Noun

turus

1. inessive singular of turg

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay turus (“post, pile; pillar”), from Proto-Malayic *turus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake; free-standing post”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈturus/ [ˈt̪u.rʊs]
• Rhymes: -urus
• Syllabification: tu‧rus

Noun

turus (plural turus-turus)

1. post, pile

   Synonyms: tiang, tonggak

2. pillar
3. (statistics) tally: a mark registering a number or amount

   Synonym: gundal

Derived terms

• diturus
• dituruskan
• menurus
• menuruskan

• turus bulan
• turus negara

Further reading

• “turus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Noun

turus m (genitive singular turuis, nominative plural turuis)

1. obsolete spelling of turas

Declension

Declension of turus (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative turus turuis vocative a thuruis a thurusa genitive turuis turus dative turus turuis forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an turus na turuis genitive an turuis na dturus dative leis an turus don turus leis na turuis

Mutation

Mutated forms of turus

radical	lenition	eclipsis
turus	thurus	dturus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *turus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake; free-standing post”).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈturus/ [ˈt̪u.rus]

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈturos/ [ˈt̪u.ros]
• Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os

Noun

turus (Jawi spelling توروس, plural turus-turus)

1. massive post or pile; pillar

   cuba-cuba menanam mumbang, jika hidup turus negeri: lit. 'try plant a young coconut seedling, see if it can grow to be a state monument', a phrase expressing how crucial to plan something of high stakes in the long term

   Synonyms: tiang, tonggak, tunggak

2. trellis (wooden or bamboo poles for vines of growing plants to latch onto)

   Synonym: junjung

Adjective

turus (Jawi spelling توروس, comparative lebih turus, superlative paling turus)

1. erect, straight (of a structure)

   Synonym: tegak

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menurus [agent focus] (meN-)
• menuruskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dituruskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• ketua turus
• turus belat
• turus dayung
• turus empang

Descendants

• Indonesian: turus

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “تورس toeroes”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 91
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “تورس turus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 198
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “turus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 620

Further reading

• "turus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "turus" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Noun

turus

1. plural of turu