lur

See also: lúr and lûr

English

Danish Bronze-Age lur (13th-5th c. BCE)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a North Germanic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/
  • (file)

Noun

lur (plural lurs)

  1. (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *lur.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /lur/, [lur]

Noun

lur inan

  1. earth, soil
  2. land
  3. (electricity) earth, ground

Declension

Derived terms

  • Amalur (Mother Earth)
  • lur agindu (promised land)
  • lur arraro (rare earth)
  • lur azpiko urak (wastewater)
  • lur azpiko urak (wastewater)
  • lur beltz (black earth)
  • lur eman (to entomb)
  • lur hartu (to land)
  • lur hartzeko pista (runway)
  • lur idor (dry land)
  • lur jo (to hit rock bottom)
  • lur orotako bizikleta (mountain bike)
  • lur orotako ibilgailu (ATV)
  • lur promestu (promised land)
  • lur santu (graveyard)
  • Lur Santua (Holy Land)
  • lur zanpatu (clay court)
  • lur zuri (kaolin)
  • lur-berdinketa (leveling)
  • lur-emaile (burier)
  • lur-emate (burial)
  • lur-esfera (globe)
  • lur-geruza (surface of the Earth)
  • lur-globo (globe)
  • lur-hargune (electrical grounding)
  • lur-hartze (landing)
  • lur-jabe (landlord)
  • lur-jale (geophage)
  • lur-jausi (landslide)
  • lur-jotze (demolishing, collapse)
  • lur-lan (agriculture)
  • lur-langile (farmer)
  • lur-lantze (agriculture)
  • lur-mihi (cape)
  • lur-mugimendu (earth moving)
  • lur-mugitze (earth moving)
  • lur-mutur (cape)
  • lur-neurketa (agricultural surveying)
  • lur-neurtzaile (surveyor)
  • lurbel (black earth)
  • lurbira (globe)
  • lurburu (pole)
  • lurdun (landlord)
  • lurgain (surface of the Earth)
  • lurgaineko (epigeal)
  • lurgoratu (to scrape land)
  • lurgune (plot of land)
  • lurkara (earthy)
  • lurketa (plot of land)
  • lurki (country, territory)
  • lurkoi (mundane)
  • lurmen egon (to be not covered by snow)
  • lurmen (land not covered by snow)
  • lurmendu ((of snow) to melt)
  • Lurmutur Hiria (Cape Town)
  • lurpe (underground)
  • lurpeko bide (underpass, subway)
  • lurpeko pasabide (underpass, subway)
  • lurpeko urak (wastewater)
  • lurpeko (underground, subterranean)
  • lurperatu (to put underground)
  • lurperatzaile (burier)
  • lurpetu (to put underground)
  • lurra argaldu ((of soil) to become infertile)
  • lurra eman (to entomb)
  • lurraldatu (to transplant)
  • lurralde historiko (historical territory)
  • Lurralde Santua (Holy Land)
  • lurralde (territory)
  • lurralde-administrazio (territorial administration)
  • lurralde-antolamendu (territorial organization)
  • lurraldekoi (territorial)
  • lurraldetasun (territoriality)
  • lurralkalino (alkaline earth)
  • lurraska (furrow)
  • lurrazal (surface, crust)
  • lurreko armada (ground forces)
  • lurreko paradisu (paradise on earth)
  • lurreko telebista digitala (digital terrestrial television)
  • lurremenda (leveling)
  • lurrerako hargune (electrical grounding)
  • lurrerako hargune (electrical grounding)
  • lurreratu (to land)
  • lurreratu (to land)
  • lurreratze (landing)
  • lurreratze-pista (runway)
  • lurreratze-trena (landing gear)
  • lurreten (landslide)
  • lurreztatu (to cover with soil)
  • lurrikara (earthquake)

References

  1. lur” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "lur" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • lur” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.

Pronunciation


Verb

lur

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 𦧲

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɮɤ²¹]

Noun

lur 

  1. (Yao'an) dragon
    Synonym: lursae

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)
  2. (music) a horn (device emitting a loud sound)

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lure

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʉːr/

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lúðr.

Alternative forms

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
Derived terms
  • bronselur
  • neverlur

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lura

References

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.

Determiner

lur

  1. their

Pronoun

lur

  1. them (dative)

References

  • “llur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.

Pronoun

lur

  1. their

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

lur c

  1. a horn (for making sound signals)
  2. an ear trumpet (a hearing aid)
  3. (chiefly in compounds) a headphone, a headset
  4. a telephone handset
    lyfta på luren
    pick up the phone
  5. a nap
    att ta sig en lur
    to have a nap
  6. (colloquial) a mobile phone
    Jag har skaffat ny lur
    I've bought a new mobile phone

Declension

Declension of lur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lur luren lurar lurarna
Genitive lurs lurens lurars lurarnas

Derived terms

See also

References

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