Gamilaraay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yuru

  1. cloud
    • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Cloud | yuro or yurru
    • 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
      Clouds .... ... yuru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Japanese

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Romanization

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yuru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆる

Martuthunira

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Noun

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yuru

  1. milk

Nukunu

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Noun

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yuru

  1. small species of kangaroo, a wallaroo, a euro

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch uur.

Noun

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yuru

  1. hour

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch huur, huren.

Verb

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yuru

  1. to rent

Noun

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yuru

  1. rent

Descendants

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  • Caribbean Hindustani: yuru
  • Caribbean Javanese: yuru

Wiradjuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Noun

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yuru

  1. cloud