maru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maru"

English

Etymology

From Japanese , (まる, maru, circle, also a suffix for ship names).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɹuː/, /ˈmaɹuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹu/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹuː

Noun

maru (plural marus)

  1. (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
    the Nippon Maru
  2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic () used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
    Synonym: handakuten
  3. A large, circular punctuation mark () used as a full stop in Japanese text.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Anguthimri

Noun

maru

  1. (Mpakwithi) queenfish

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Cubeo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bãˈɾu/

Conjunction

maru

  1. if (in nasal environment).
    Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.
    If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.

Synonyms

References

  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maru", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

maru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まる

Javanese

Romanization

maru

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦫꦸ.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maru f (definite singular maro, indefinite plural marur, definite plural marune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of mare

Anagrams

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ru/
  • Rhymes: -ru
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ru

Etymology 1

Affixed ro, rwa (two) + ma- (active verb prefix).

Noun

maru

  1. co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)

Adjective

maru

  1. jealous

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • amaru
  • makamaru
  • minaru-maru
  • pinamarokĕn
  • tan pamarwan

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦩꦫꦸ (maru) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (maru, wilderness).

Noun

maru

  1. wilderness
  2. sandy waste, desert

Further reading

  • "maru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

maru m

  1. deity
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

maru f

  1. sand
  2. (by extension) sandy waste
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