eru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eru"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [erʊ]

Verb

eru

1. first/second/third-person plural present of vera (“to be”): are
   • vit eru føroyingar

     we are Faroese

   • eru tit eingilsmenn?

     are you Englishmen?

   • tey eru glað

     they are happy

   • tær eru tríggjar konur

     they are three women

   • teir eru fimm menn

     they are five men

   • tygum eru ov seint

     you (formal) are too late

   • eru tygum ...?

     are you ...?

Icelandic

Verb

eru

1. third-person plural present of vera (“to be”): they are

   Menn eru illir.

   Men are evil.

Japanese

Romanization

eru

1. Rōmaji transcription of える
2. Rōmaji transcription of エル

Malay

Alternative forms

• ru

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əru/
• Rhymes: -əru, -ru, -u

Noun

eru (Jawi spelling ارو, plural eru-eru, informal 1st possessive eruku, 2nd possessive erumu, 3rd possessive erunya)

1. casuarina (trees of the genus Casuarina)

   Synonym: cemara

Descendants

• Indonesian: eru

Further reading

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

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eru

1. third-person plural indicative present of vera

Palauan

Palauan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : eru

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ruwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

eru

1. two

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From earlier helu, probably from Fon ʁèèlú (“alas”).^[1]

Interjection

eru

1. alas, woe

References

1. Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 468.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• äru

Etymology

Compare Icelandic ertu.

Phrase

eru

1. (colloquial, Stockholm) Pronunciation spelling of "är du" (are you, you are).

   Vem eru?

   Who are you?

   Eru inte trött? Du har inte sovit nåt.

   Aren't you tired? You haven't slept any.