duru

duru

1. (Mpakwithi) four-prong spear

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185

From Latin dūrus.

duru m sg (feminine singular dura, neuter singular duro, masculine plural duros, feminine plural dures)

1. hard

• durar

Deverbal of dur- (“to stand”) +‎ -u.^[1]

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duru (comparative daha duru, superlative ən duru, intensive dumduru)

1. liquid, fluid (existing in the physical state of a liquid)

   Synonym: sıyıq

   1. watery

      Synonym: sulu

2. clear
   1. transparent in colour; not muddy or turbid (e.g. of water)

      Synonym: şəffaf

      Antonym: bulanıq

   2. bright; luminous; not dark or obscured (e.g. of eyes)

      Synonym: aydın

3. net (remaining after expenses or deductions)

   Synonyms: xalis, təmiz

• “duru” in Obastan.com.

duru

1. knee

duru

1. first-person singular present indicative of durt

• doru

From Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ru/

duru f

1. door
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     ...ac untīn mē þīne dura...

     ...but open to me Thy door,...

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...

     Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...

2. opening

Strong u-stem:

• dor
• dure

• Middle English: dore, doire, dure, dur, dirre
  • English: door
    • Sranan Tongo: doro
  • Scots: dure, dur
  • Yola: dher

From Proto-West Germanic *dur.

duru f

1. door

• Middle Low German: dȫr, dȫre
  • Low German: Dör
    • German Low German: Door, Döör

      Hamburgisch: Dör

      Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Dööre, Döör

  • Plautdietsch: Däa

From Portuguese duro and Spanish duro.

duru

1. tough, rough
2. hard

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ru/
• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: du‧ru

duru m inan

1. genitive singular of dur

• IPA^(key): [duˈru]

duru

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of durea

From Latin dūrus. Compare Italian duro.

duru

1. hard

From Latin dūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɾu/, [ˈdu.ɾʊ], [ˈɾu.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾʊ
• Hyphenation: dù‧ru

duru (feminine singular dura, masculine and feminine plural duri)

1. hard
2. tough

• moḍḍu

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).^[1]

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duru class IX (plural duru class X)

1. round, turn

   duru ya pili ya mazungumzo ― the second round of talks

2. circuit

-duru (infinitive kuduru)

1. to rotate
2. to take turns

Conjugation of -duru
Positive present -naduru Subjunctive -duru Negative -duru Imperative singular duru
Infinitives
Positive kuduru Negative kutoduru
Imperatives
Singular duru Plural duruni
Tensed forms
Habitual huduru Positive past positive subject concord + -liduru Negative past negative subject concord + -kuduru
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naduru) Singular Plural 1st person ninaduru/naduru tunaduru 2nd person unaduru mnaduru 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaduru wanaduru other classes positive subject concord + -naduru
Negative present (negative subject concord + -duru) Singular Plural 1st person siduru hatuduru 2nd person huduru hamduru 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haduru hawaduru other classes negative subject concord + -duru
Positive future positive subject concord + -taduru Negative future negative subject concord + -taduru
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -duru) Singular Plural 1st person niduru tuduru 2nd person uduru mduru 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aduru waduru other classes positive subject concord + -duru
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siduru Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeduru Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeduru Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliduru Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliduru
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aduru) Singular Plural 1st person naduru twaduru 2nd person waduru mwaduru 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aduru waduru m-mi(III/IV) waduru yaduru ji-ma(V/VI) laduru yaduru ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaduru vyaduru n(IX/X) yaduru zaduru u(XI) waduru see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaduru pa(XVI) paduru mu(XVIII) mwaduru
Perfect positive subject concord + -meduru "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaduru "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaduru "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiduru "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoduru Consecutive kaduru / positive subject concord + -kaduru Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaduru
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niduru -tuduru 2nd person -kuduru -waduru/-kuduruni/-waduruni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mduru -waduru m-mi(III/IV) -uduru -iduru ji-ma(V/VI) -liduru -yaduru ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiduru -viduru n(IX/X) -iduru -ziduru u(XI) -uduru see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuduru pa(XVI) -paduru mu(XVIII) -muduru Reflexive -jiduru
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -duru- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -duruye -duruo m-mi(III/IV) -duruo -duruyo ji-ma(V/VI) -durulo -duruyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -durucho -duruvyo n(IX/X) -duruyo -duruzo u(XI) -duruo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -duruko pa(XVI) -durupo mu(XVIII) -durumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -duru) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeduru -oduru m-mi(III/IV) -oduru -yoduru ji-ma(V/VI) -loduru -yoduru ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choduru -vyoduru n(IX/X) -yoduru -zoduru u(XI) -oduru see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koduru pa(XVI) -poduru mu(XVIII) -moduru
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -durisha

From *dudu.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /duɾu/ [d̪ʊˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: du‧ru

duru (Sulat Sūg spelling دُ٢)

1. breast

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *turug, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *tur-. By surface analysis, dur- +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾu/
• Hyphenation: du‧ru

duru

1. clear, transparent

   Synonym: berrak

2. pure, spotless
3. (figurative) clear, pure, easy to understand

• “duru”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “duru”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “duru”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Borrowed from Afrikaans duur.

-dúru

1. expensive