biru

See also: bīru and bǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Noun

biru

1. blue

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Noun

biru

1. blue

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ru/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ru
• Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

1. blue (colour)

Derived terms

• kebiru-biruan
• kebiruan
• membiru
• membirukan

• biru benhur
• biru berlin
• biru bulan
• biru ceraka
• biru dongker
• biru gerau
• biru jelak
• biru kelasi
• biru langit
• biru laut
• biru lebam
• biru malam
• biru muda
• biru telang
• biru tua

See also

Colors in Malay · warna-warna (layout · text)

putih	kelabu	hitam
merah; merah tua	jingga, oren; perang	kuning; kuning air
hijau pucuk pisang	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau gelap
firus; sian; hijau kebiruan	biru langit	biru
lembayung; nila	magenta; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay biru-biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu. Doublet of wiru.

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

1. folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alune [Term?]

Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)

1. red mouth from eating areca nut

Further reading

• “biru”, 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
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984), Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)

Japanese

Romanization

biru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビル

Javanese

Romanization

biru

1. romanization of ꦧꦶꦫꦸ

Kavalan

Noun

biru

1. charcoal
2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨑᨘ)

1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨑᨘ)

1. green (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi.ru]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ru, -u
• Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, comparative lebih biru, superlative paling biru)

1. blue (blue-colored)

   Synonyms: belau, nila, paul

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru or biru²)

1. blue (colour)

Descendants

• Indonesian: biru

Further reading

• "biru" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old High German

Alternative forms

• biro

Verb

biru

1. first-person singular present indicative of bëran

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲi.ɾu/

Verb

biru

1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation

Mutation of biru

radical	lenition	nasalization
biru	biru pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbiru

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

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay بيرو (biru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾu]

Noun

biru

1. blue

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)