# biru
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.ru/

### Adjective

biru
* blue

### Noun

biru
* blue

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.ru/

### Noun

biru
* blue

### Adjective

biru
* blue

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ru/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ru
* Hyphenation: bi‧ru

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

biru
* blue (blue-colored)

#### Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)
* 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 or warna-warna (layout · text) :
| putih | kelabu | hitam |
| merah; merah tua | jingga, oren; perang | kuning; putih krim |
| hijau pucuk pisang | hijau | hijau pudina; hijau gelap |
| sian, firus; 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)
* folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alune [Term?]

#### Noun

biru (plural biru-biru)
* red mouth from eating areca nut

### Further reading

* “biru” 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.
* 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
* blue (blue-colored)

### Noun

biru
* blue (colour)

## Japanese
### Romanization

biru
* Rōmaji transcription of ビル

## Javanese
### Romanization

biru
* Romanization of ꦧꦶꦫꦸ

## Kavalan
### Noun

biru
* charcoal
* embers

## Makasar
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

biru
* green (having green as its colour)

### Noun

biru
* green (colour)

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bi.ru]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ru, -u
* Hyphenation: bi‧ru

### Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو)
* blue (blue-colored)
    Synonyms: belau, nila, paul

### Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)
* blue (colour)

### Descendants

* Indonesian: biru

### Further reading

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

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲiru/

### Verb

biru
* first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

### Mutation

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: [ˈbi.ɾu]

### Noun

biru
* 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
* blue (blue-colored)

### Noun

biru
* blue (colour)