# turu
## Bambara
### Verb

turu
* (transitive) to plant
* to replant, transplant

## Central Dusun
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq.

### Numeral

turu
* seven

## Chuukese
### Numeral

turu
* two (serial counting)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈturu]

### Noun

turu
* dative/locative singular of tur

## Dusun Deyah
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq.

### Numeral

turu
* seven

## Estonian
### Noun

turu
* genitive singular of turg

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuˈɾu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: tu‧ru

### Noun

turu
* trumpet or bugle
* any wind instrument

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ. Cognates include Finnish turku and Estonian turg.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈturu/, [ˈturu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈturu/, [ˈturu]
* Rhymes: -uru
* Hyphenation: tu‧ru

### Noun

turu
* market
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:Siin ono turu.Here is the market.

#### Synonyms

* markkinat, laatta

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 610

## Javanese
### Romanization

turu
* Romanization of ꦠꦸꦫꦸ

## Kanakanabu
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

### Numeral

turu
* three

## Kari'na
### Etymology

Compare Trió urutupë.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tuːɺ̢u]

### Noun

turu (possessed turùpo, plural turùsan)
* heart

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 394
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ťurupo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 474; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 464

## Latvian
### Verb

turu
* first-person singular present indicative of turēt

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *turu (“pole, support” – compare with Tahitian turu, Fijian duruna and duru) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake, post” – compare with Malay turus, Tagalog tulós).

### Noun

turu
* post, pole, pillar
    Synonym: pou

#### Derived terms

* tūturu
* tuturu
* whakatuturu

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tulu.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 55-6

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ato”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 540
* “turu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Nias
### Noun

turu (mutated form duru)
* finger

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

turu f or m (definite singular turua or turuen, indefinite plural turuer, definite plural turuene)
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tvare

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* tvore
* toro, tvara, tvare, tvora, tvoru (obsolete)
* tvoro, tvuru (dialectal)

### Etymology

Metaphony of tvoru, from Old Norse þvǫru, oblique case singular of þvara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tʉː.rʉ/

### Noun

turu f (definite singular turua, indefinite plural turuer, definite plural turuene)
* a kitchen utensil more common in the past, used to stir a pot or porridge
    Kjerringa med turua satt høgt oppi furua(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* “turu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tuˈɾu/
* Rhymes: -u

### Noun

turu m (plural turus)
* (Brazil) shipworm (any mollusc of the family Teredinidae, which bores through the wooden hulls of ships)
    Synonym: gusano

### Further reading

* “turu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “turu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Siraya
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

### Numeral

turu
* three

### See also

* tauro
* toutouro

### References

* ABVD
* Alexander Adelaar, The Austronesian languages of Taiwan, with special reference to Siraya

## Ternate
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu.ru]

#### Noun

turu
* the waist

### Etymology 2

Possibly related to Malay tiru.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu.ru]

#### Verb

turu
* (transitive) to imitate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu.ru]

#### Verb

turu
* (stative) to be thin

##### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduq, compare Tagalog tulo.

### Verb

turu
* to drip

## Thao
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

### Numeral

turu
* three

## Veps
### Etymology

Cognate to Estonian toru.

### Noun

turu
* pipe, chimney

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “труба”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika