# puru
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

### Adjective

puru m sg (feminine singular pura, neuter singular puro, masculine plural puros, feminine plural pures)
* pure

#### Related terms

* impuru
* pureza
* purificar

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puru. Equivalent to purra (“to bite”) +‎ -u. Compare Estonian puru (“dust”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuru/, [ˈpuru]
* Rhymes: -uru
* Hyphenation: pu‧ru

### Noun

puru
* (rare outside compounds) Synonym of pureminen (“biting, chewing”)
    purukumi ― chewing gum
* A quantity of finely chewn food, such as a bird may give to its young.
* chaw, chew (plug or wad of chewing tobacco)
    Pelaajat istuivat penkillä katsellen sadetta, jauhaen juroina puruaan.The players sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.
* (pathology) ache, pain (gnawing, persistent pain, especially in stomach)
    mahanpuru ― stomachache
* dust, powder, swarf (waste chips, shavings and dust from working a solid material)
    sahanpuru ― sawdust
    kutterinpuru ― cutter swarf

#### Declension

Possessive forms of puru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
puruni
puruni
accusative
nom.
puruni
puruni
gen.
puruni
genitive
puruni
purujeni
partitive
puruani
purujani
inessive
purussani
puruissani
elative
purustani
puruistani
illative
puruuni
puruihini
adessive
purullani
puruillani
ablative
purultani
puruiltani
allative
purulleni
puruilleni
essive
purunani
puruinani
translative
purukseni
puruikseni
abessive
puruttani
puruittani
instructive
comitative
—puruineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
purusi
purusi
accusative
nom.
purusi
purusi
gen.
purusi
genitive
purusi
purujesi
partitive
puruasi
purujasi
inessive
purussasi
puruissasi
elative
purustasi
puruistasi
illative
puruusi
puruihisi
adessive
purullasi
puruillasi
ablative
purultasi
puruiltasi
allative
purullesi
puruillesi
essive
purunasi
puruinasi
translative
puruksesi
puruiksesi
abessive
puruttasi
puruittasi
instructive
comitative
—puruinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
purumme
purumme
accusative
nom.
purumme
purumme
gen.
purumme
genitive
purumme
purujemme
partitive
puruamme
purujamme
inessive
purussamme
puruissamme
elative
purustamme
puruistamme
illative
puruumme
puruihimme
adessive
purullamme
puruillamme
ablative
purultamme
puruiltamme
allative
purullemme
puruillemme
essive
purunamme
puruinamme
translative
puruksemme
puruiksemme
abessive
puruttamme
puruittamme
instructive
comitative
—puruinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
purunne
purunne
accusative
nom.
purunne
purunne
gen.
purunne
genitive
purunne
purujenne
partitive
puruanne
purujanne
inessive
purussanne
puruissanne
elative
purustanne
puruistanne
illative
puruunne
puruihinne
adessive
purullanne
puruillanne
ablative
purultanne
puruiltanne
allative
purullenne
puruillenne
essive
purunanne
puruinanne
translative
puruksenne
puruiksenne
abessive
puruttanne
puruittanne
instructive
comitative
—puruinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
purunsa
purunsa
accusative
nom.
purunsa
purunsa
gen.
purunsa
genitive
purunsa
purujensa
partitive
puruaan puruansa
purujaan purujansa
inessive
purussaan purussansa
puruissaan puruissansa
elative
purustaan purustansa
puruistaan puruistansa
illative
puruunsa
puruihinsa
adessive
purullaan purullansa
puruillaan puruillansa
ablative
purultaan purultansa
puruiltaan puruiltansa
allative
purulleen purullensa
puruilleen puruillensa
essive
purunaan purunansa
puruinaan puruinansa
translative
purukseen puruksensa
puruikseen puruiksensa
abessive
puruttaan puruttansa
puruittaan puruittansa
instructive
comitative
—puruineen puruinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (finely chewed food): purus, puretus
* (chaw): mälli
* (pain): kipu

#### Derived terms

* höylänpuru
* kahvinpuru
* kutterinpuru
* kutteripuru
* leivänpuru
* mahanpuru
* purueriste
* puruimuri
* purukalusto
* purukasa
* purukisko
* purukumi
* purulelu
* puruleuka
* purulihas
* puruluu
* purumaha
* purupihka
* purupinta
* pururata
* purutabletti
* purutuntuma
* purutupakka
* sahanpuru
* savustuspuru
* vatsanpuru
* viilanpuru

### Further reading

* “puru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Urpu, urpu

## Guaraní
### Verb

puru
* to use

#### Conjugation
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈpuru/ [ˈpu.ru]
* Rhymes: -uru
* Syllabification: pu‧ru

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ڤورو (puru).

#### Noun

puru (plural puru-puru)
* (dermatology, pathology, uncountable) frambesia, parangi, pian, yaws: a contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.
    Synonyms: patek, frambusia
* (countable) sore, ulcer

##### Derived terms

* berpuru
* puru ayal
* puru bubuk
* puru bubul
* puru lembik

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Oirata [Term?].

#### Noun

puru (plural puru-puru)
* (dialect) shorts: pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees.
    Synonym: celana pendek

### Further reading

* “puru” 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.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puru, equivalent to purra (“to bite”) +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish puru and Estonian puru.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

puru
* gravel (small fragments of stone)

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 443

## Latvian
### Noun

puru m
* (dialectal) accusative singular of purs
* (dialectal) instrumental singular of purs
* (dialectal) genitive plural of purs

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu and Hawaiian pulu "coconut husk") from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulut. Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.

### Noun

puru
* plug
* caulk
* (archaic, obsolete) coconut husk

### Verb

puru
* to plug, to fill or stuff in, to cram

### Adverb

puru
* absolutely, extremely, stuffed

### Related terms

* pupuru
* purupuru

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 379
* 1 2 Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 29
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “puru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Ngiyambaa
### Etymology

Compare Wiradjuri buurruu

### Noun

puru
* (anatomy) testicles

## Quechua
### Noun

puru
* Alternative spelling of p'uru
* Alternative spelling of phuru

#### Usage notes

Not to be confused with purun.

#### Declension
## Sicilian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuɾu/
* Hyphenation: pù‧ru

### Etymology 1

From Latin pūrus.

#### Adjective

puru (feminine singular pura, masculine and feminine plural puri)
* pure

##### Derived terms

* purità
* purificari

### Etymology 2

From Latin pūre, adverbial form of pūrus.

#### Adverb

puru
* also, too
* even

##### Synonyms

* macari

## Veps
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

puru
* steam, vapour

#### Inflection
### References

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