# iru
## English
### Etymology

From Yoruba irú.

### Noun

iru (uncountable)
* A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.

### Anagrams

* Rui, URI, Uri, uri

## Big Nambas
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iru/

### Numeral

iru
* two

### References

* Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

iru
* imperative of iri

## Japanese
### Romanization

iru
* Rōmaji transcription of いる

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ìɾǔꜜ/
    As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
* (Kiambu)
   * (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.

### Noun

iru class 5 (plural maru)
* knee

#### Derived terms

(Proverbs)
* nyama ya mbũri ndiunagwo na iru

### References

* ↑ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* 1 2 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
* ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
* ↑ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
* “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* ira
* iro
* ire

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

### Pronoun

iru
* her

#### Declension
## Ternate
### Etymology

Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (“id”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈ(ʔ)i.ru/

### Noun

iru
* spoon, ladle, especially one made from a coconut shell

### References

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

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* urú (Ekiti)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.ɾú/

#### Noun

irú
* type, kind, sort
    Synonym: ríṣi
    Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ― Which type of fish is this?
* breed
    Synonym: ẹ̀yà

##### Derived terms

* irúfẹ́
* irúkírú
* onírúurú (“variety”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.ɾú/

#### Noun

irú
* seed
    Synonym: irúgbìn

##### Derived terms

* irúgbàá
* irúgbìn (“seed”)
* ìrúlá (“okra seed”)

### Etymology 3

From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (“seed”) +‎ ìgbá (“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally “seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.ɾú/

#### Noun

irú
* fermented locust beans used in cooking.
    Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà

##### Derived terms

* ẹlẹ́nu irú

##### Descendants

* → English: iru

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.ɾù/

#### Noun

irù
* tsetse fly

### Etymology 5

See Urhobo úrhúrhu

#### Alternative forms

* ùrù (Ekiti)
* ùù (Ondo)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.ɾù/

#### Noun

ìrù
* tail

##### Derived terms

* ìrùkẹ̀rẹ̀

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.ɾú/

#### Noun

ìrú
* loyalty, allegiance; especially to a higher authority
* strenuous effort or labor
    Synonym: ìlàkàkà