# garu
## Guugu Yimidhirr
### Noun

garu
* brain

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri gàrú.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡàː.rúː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɡàː.rúː]

### Noun

gā̀r̃ū m (plural gār̃ukā̀, possessed form gā̀r̃un)
* wall around a settlement or compound

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaru]
* Hyphenation: ga‧ru

### Etymology 1

From Malay garu. Doublet of garuk.

#### Noun

garu (uncountable)
* harrow, rake
    Synonym: penggaruk

##### Derived terms

* menggaru
* penggaru
* penggaruan
* garu rumput

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit अगुरु (aguru).

#### Noun

garu (uncountable)
* agarwood (Cantleya corniculata).

##### Alternative forms

* gaharu

### References

* ↑ Mona Lohanda, Tom Hoogervorst, Marco Roling, Nurhayu Santoso (2018) VOC Glossary Indonesia, 1.4 edition, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (ANRI) and The Corts Foundation (TCF)

### Further reading

* “garu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

garu
* Rōmaji transcription of がる

## Latvian
### Noun

garu m
* inflection of gars:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

### Adjective

garu
* inflection of garš:
** accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
** genitive plural masculine/feminine

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaru]

### Verb

garu (Lontara spelling ᨁᨑᨘ, semi-transitive aʼgaru)
* (transitive) to stir

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀaw (“to scratch; itch mite, vermin”). Doublet of garuk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaru/
* Rhymes: -aru, -ru, -u

### Verb

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو)
* to scratch
* (tool) to rake

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penggaru [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* menggaru [agent focus] (meN-)
* menggarukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* menggaru-garu [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
* digaru [patient focus] (di-)
* digarukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* digaru-garu [reduplication + patient focus] (redup + di-)
* tergaru [agentless action] (teR-)
* tergaru-garu [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
* bergaru [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* bergaru-garu [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

### Noun

garu (Jawi spelling ݢارو, plural garu-garu, informal 1st possessive garuku, 2nd possessive garumu, 3rd possessive garunya)
* harrow, rake

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: garu

### Further reading

* “garu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀕𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* गरु (Devanagari script)
* গরু (Bengali script)
* ගරු (Sinhalese script)
* ဂရု or ၷရု (Burmese script)
* ครุ or คะรุ (Thai script)
* ᨣᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄຣຸ or ຄະຣຸ (Lao script)
* គរុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

garu
* heavy
* venerable

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဂရု (ga.ru.)
* → Thai: ครุ (krú)
* → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

### Noun

garu m
* teacher (clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Derived terms

* guru

#### Descendants

* → Thai: ครุ (krú)
* → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

### References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “garu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɡarɨ̞/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈɡaːri/, /ˈɡari/

### Verb

garu
* Soft mutation of caru.

### Mutation

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