kuro

See also: kúro, kūro, kůro, and Kurō

Akan

Noun

kuro (plural nkuro)

1. town

   Asuafo no kaa nsɛmpa wo nkuro-nkuro so.

   The disciples spread the good news in the various towns.

References

Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧ro
• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾoʔ/ [kuˈɾoʔ]

Noun

kurô

1. pleat

Esperanto

Etymology

From the verb kuri.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkuro]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: kur‧o

Noun

kuro (accusative singular kuron, plural kuroj, accusative plural kurojn)

1. run

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kuron (“cooking pot”) (compare with Tongan kulo and Samoan 'ulo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kudən, from Proto-Austronesian *kudən.^[1][2]

Noun

kuro

1. clay pot

References

1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kulo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
2. Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 68-9

Further reading

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “cila, cilava”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 128-9

Finnish

Verb

kuro

1. inflection of kuroa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• koru, ruko

Japanese

Romanization

kuro

1. Rōmaji transcription of くろ

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kuro

1. vocative singular of kur

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -urɔ
• Syllabification: ku‧ro

Noun

kuro f

1. vocative singular of kura

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀaw. Cognate with Malay kurau (“Polynemus spp.”), Cebuano kúgaw (“milkfish fingerling”).

Noun

kuro (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮛᮧ)

1. a kind of seafish; threadfins

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

kuro (n class, plural kuro)

1. waterbuck (species of antelope)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾoʔ/ [ˈkuː.ɾoʔ]
• Rhymes: -uɾoʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧ro

Noun

kurò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓ)

1. opinion

   Synonyms: pala-palagay, kuro-kuro, palagay, opinyon, isip

2. belief

   Synonyms: paniwala, paniniwala

3. supposition

   Synonyms: haka, haka-haka

4. reflection; meditation

   Synonyms: pagsasaisip, pagsasaalang-alang

Derived terms

• kakuruan
• kuro-kuro
• kuru-kuruin
• kuruin
• mangunguro
• pagkukuro
• palakuro
• palakuruan
• palakuruanin
• palitang-kuro
• pampalakuruan
• ulnungkumuro
• ulnungkuro

 

Tocharian B

Etymology

A form of kwär- (“to age, grow old”).

Adjective

kuro

1. listless

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kuro”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 195

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

kuro

1. moment

Inflection

Inflection of kuro (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	kuro
genitive sing.	kuron
partitive sing.	kurod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	kuro	—
accusative	kuron	—
genitive	kuron	—
partitive	kurod	—
essive-instructive	kuron	—
translative	kuroks	—
inessive	kuros	—
elative	kurospäi	—
illative	kuroho	—
adessive	kurol	—
ablative	kurolpäi	—
allative	kurole	—
abessive	kurota	—
comitative	kuronke	—
prolative	kurodme	—
approximative I	kuronno	—
approximative II	kuronnoks	—
egressive	kuronnopäi	—
terminative I	kurohosai	—
terminative II	kurolesai	—
terminative III	kurossai	—
additive I	kurohopäi	—
additive II	kurolepäi	—

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “миг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• kúò
• kóò (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú.ɾò/

Verb

kúrò

1. to leave; to go away

   Kúrò níwájú mi! ― Get out of my way!

   Màá mú un kúrò níbẹ̀. ― I'll take it away from there.

Derived terms

• ìyọkúrò (“subtraction, deduction”)