# waru
## Dhuwal
### Noun

waru
* darkness/dark

### References

* D.R. Zorc (ed.), Yolngu-Matha dictionary. School of Australian Linguistics, Darwin Institute of Technology. (1986), p. 257

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦸ (waru), from Old Javanese waru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of baru.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwa.ru]
* Hyphenation: wa‧ru

### Noun

waru (plural)
* sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
    Synonym: baru
* (in extension, card games) spade: a playing card marked with the symbol ♠
    Synonym: sekop

### See also

Suits in Indonesian · jenis kartu (see also: kartu, kartu remi) (layout · text) :
| hati | wajik, berlian | sekop, waru | keriting, klaver |

### Further reading

* “waru” 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

waru
* Rōmaji transcription of わる

## Javanese
### Romanization

waru
* Romanization of ꦮꦫꦸ

## Kikuyu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wàɾúꜜ/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
* (Kiambu)
** (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, As waaru, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.

### Noun

waru class 9/10 (plural waru)
* potato (of not sweet variety)

#### See also

* ngwacĩ

### References

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ “waru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 561. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Lindu
### Noun

waru
* cotton

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

#### Numeral

waru
* eight

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waru — compare with Tahitian varu and vaʻu, Samoan valu, Tongan vau.

#### Verb

waru (passive warua or waruhia)
* to scrape
    Synonyms: wharo, waku, hāro
* to grate
* to shave (of hair)
* to peel
    Synonyms: hore, ihi

#### Noun

waru
* any scraper
* wood plane

### Derived terms

* waruwaru

### Related terms

* hāro
* karo
* wharo

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 596
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waru”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “waru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 564
* “waru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɑ.ru/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, *waʀu, from Proto-Germanic *warō, *wazō (“ware”), of uncertain origin.

#### Noun

waru f
* an article of merchandise, ware

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Descendants

* Middle English: ware
** English: ware, -ware
** Scots: ware, war, wair

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“heed, attention, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *wor-. Cognate with Old Saxon wara, Old High German wara. Compare also Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (warei).

#### Noun

waru f
* care, watch, observation

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Related terms

* wær

##### Descendants

* Middle English: ware

### Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“protection”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend”).

#### Noun

waru f
* guard, protection, defence

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Related terms

* wer
* werian

##### Descendants

* Middle English: ware

### See also

* *waru

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.ru/
* Rhymes: -ru
* Hyphenation: wa‧ru

### Noun

waru
* (botany) sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦮꦫꦸ (waru) (inherited)
** → Indonesian: waru

### Further reading

* "waru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Pitjantjatjara
### Noun

waru
* black-footed rock wallaby, Petrogale lateralis

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.ru/
* Rhymes: -aru
* Syllabification: wa‧ru

### Noun

waru m inan
* genitive singular of war