maru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maru"

English

Etymology

From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maru (plural marus)

1. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.

   the Nippon Maru

   • 1941 November 23, “Pearly Harbor Attack”, in Hearings, volume 11:

     Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.

   • 1985, Lawrence Cortesi, Valor in the Sky, page 21:

     Does the 9th Fleet have enough marus and warships to carry two divisions of troops and their supplies to Buna?

   • 1992, Edward J. Drea, MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War Against Japan, 1942-1945, University Press of Kansas:

     four more marus fell to torpedoes

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

• nigori

Derived terms

• Kobayashi Maru

Translations

Japanese semi-voiced mark — see handakuten

References

• “maru”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• 'umra, Amur, Mura, Umar, amur, arum, mura

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

• baru

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

Ngaanyatjarra

Adjective

maru

1. black, dark

Synonyms

• maru-maru

References

Amee Glass; Dorothy Hackett (2003), Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary, IAD Press, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of mare

Anagrams

• maur, mura

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

• madu

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

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• मरु (Devanagari script)
• মরু (Bengali script)
• මරු (Sinhalese script)
• မရု (Burmese script)
• มรุ or มะรุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣຸ or ມະຣຸ (Lao script)
• មរុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

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Noun

maru m

1. deity

Declension

Declension table of "maru" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maru	maravo or marū
Accusative (second)	maruṃ	maravo or marū
Instrumental (third)	marunā	marūhi or marūbhi
Dative (fourth)	marussa or maruno	marūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	marusmā or marumhā	marūhi or marūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	marussa or maruno	marūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	marusmiṃ or marumhi	marūsu
Vocative (calling)	maru	marave or maravo

Etymology 2

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Noun

maru f

1. sand
2. (by extension) sandy waste