# 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

Malay 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

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* (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

ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my)
singular
plural
nominative
puruy
puruykuna
accusative
puruyta
puruykunata
dative
puruyman
puruykunaman
genitive
puruypa
puruykunap
locative
puruypi
puruykunapi
terminative
puruykama
puruykunakama
ablative
puruymanta
puruykunamanta
instrumental
puruywan
puruykunawan
comitative
puruynintin
puruykunantin
abessive
puruyninnaq
puruykunannaq
comparative
puruyhina
puruykunahina
causative
puruyrayku
puruykunarayku
benefactive
puruypaq
puruykunapaq
associative
puruypura
puruykunapura
distributive
puruyninka
puruykunanka
exclusive
puruylla
puruykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your)
singular
plural
nominative
puruyki
puruykikuna
accusative
puruykita
puruykikunata
dative
puruykiman
puruykikunaman
genitive
puruykipa
puruykikunap
locative
puruykipi
puruykikunapi
terminative
puruykikama
puruykikunakama
ablative
puruykimanta
puruykikunamanta
instrumental
puruykiwan
puruykikunawan
comitative
puruykintin
puruykikunantin
abessive
puruykinnaq
puruykikunannaq
comparative
puruykihina
puruykikunahina
causative
puruykirayku
puruykikunarayku
benefactive
puruykipaq
puruykikunapaq
associative
puruykipura
puruykikunapura
distributive
puruykinka
puruykikunanka
exclusive
puruykilla
puruykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its)
singular
plural
nominative
purun
purunkuna
accusative
purunta
purunkunata
dative
purunman
purunkunaman
genitive
purunpa
purunkunap
locative
purunpi
purunkunapi
terminative
purunkama
purunkunakama
ablative
purunmanta
purunkunamanta
instrumental
purunwan
purunkunawan
comitative
purunintin
purunkunantin
abessive
purunninnaq
purunkunannaq
comparative
purunhina
purunkunahina
causative
purunrayku
purunkunarayku
benefactive
purunpaq
purunkunapaq
associative
purunpura
purunkunapura
distributive
puruninka
purunkunanka
exclusive
purunlla
purunkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))
singular
plural
nominative
purunchik
purunchikkuna
accusative
purunchikta
purunchikkunata
dative
purunchikman
purunchikkunaman
genitive
purunchikpa
purunchikkunap
locative
purunchikpi
purunchikkunapi
terminative
purunchikkama
purunchikkunakama
ablative
purunchikmanta
purunchikkunamanta
instrumental
purunchikwan
purunchikkunawan
comitative
purunchiknintin
purunchikkunantin
abessive
purunchikninnaq
purunchikkunannaq
comparative
purunchikhina
purunchikkunahina
causative
purunchikrayku
purunchikkunarayku
benefactive
purunchikpaq
purunchikkunapaq
associative
purunchikpura
purunchikkunapura
distributive
purunchikninka
purunchikkunanka
exclusive
purunchiklla
purunchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl))
singular
plural
nominative
puruyku
puruykukuna
accusative
puruykuta
puruykukunata
dative
puruykuman
puruykukunaman
genitive
puruykupa
puruykukunap
locative
puruykupi
puruykukunapi
terminative
puruykukama
puruykukunakama
ablative
puruykumanta
puruykukunamanta
instrumental
puruykuwan
puruykukunawan
comitative
puruykuntin
puruykukunantin
abessive
puruykunnaq
puruykukunannaq
comparative
puruykuhina
puruykukunahina
causative
puruykurayku
puruykukunarayku
benefactive
puruykupaq
puruykukunapaq
associative
puruykupura
puruykukunapura
distributive
puruykunka
puruykukunanka
exclusive
puruykulla
puruykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl))
singular
plural
nominative
puruykichik
puruykichikkuna
accusative
puruykichikta
puruykichikkunata
dative
puruykichikman
puruykichikkunaman
genitive
puruykichikpa
puruykichikkunap
locative
puruykichikpi
puruykichikkunapi
terminative
puruykichikkama
puruykichikkunakama
ablative
puruykichikmanta
puruykichikkunamanta
instrumental
puruykichikwan
puruykichikkunawan
comitative
puruykichiknintin
puruykichikkunantin
abessive
puruykichikninnaq
puruykichikkunannaq
comparative
puruykichikhina
puruykichikkunahina
causative
puruykichikrayku
puruykichikkunarayku
benefactive
puruykichikpaq
puruykichikkunapaq
associative
puruykichikpura
puruykichikkunapura
distributive
puruykichikninka
puruykichikkunanka
exclusive
puruykichiklla
puruykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their)
singular
plural
nominative
purunku
purunkukuna
accusative
purunkuta
purunkukunata
dative
purunkuman
purunkukunaman
genitive
purunkupa
purunkukunap
locative
purunkupi
purunkukunapi
terminative
purunkukama
purunkukunakama
ablative
purunkumanta
purunkukunamanta
instrumental
purunkuwan
purunkukunawan
comitative
purunkuntin
purunkukunantin
abessive
purunkunnaq
purunkukunannaq
comparative
purunkuhina
purunkukunahina
causative
purunkurayku
purunkukunarayku
benefactive
purunkupaq
purunkukunapaq
associative
purunkupura
purunkukunapura
distributive
purunkunka
purunkukunanka
exclusive
purunkulla
purunkukunalla :

## 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