lur

See also: lúr and lûr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Laura.

Symbol

lur

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Laura.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Laura terms

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish lur, Norwegian lur, and Swedish lur, all from Old Norse lúðr (“trumpet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

lur (plural lurs)

  1. (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

Translations

Anagrams

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch loeren (“to lurk”), from Middle Dutch luren (“to look sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *lūraną.

Verb

lur

  1. to peek

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *luR.[1] Compare Iberian lura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lur/ [lur]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Hyphenation: lur

Noun

lur inan

  1. earth, soil
  2. land
  3. (electricity) earth, ground

Declension

Declension of lur (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive lur lurra lurrak lurrok
ergative lurrek lurrak lurrek lurrok
dative lurri lurrari lurrei lurroi
genitive lurren lurraren lurren lurron
comitative lurrekin lurrarekin lurrekin lurrokin
causative lurrengatik lurrarengatik lurrengatik lurrongatik
benefactive lurrentzat lurrarentzat lurrentzat lurrontzat
instrumental lurrez lurraz lurrez lurrotaz
innesive lurretan lurrean lurretan lurrotan
locative lurretako lurreko lurretako lurrotako
allative lurretara lurrera lurretara lurrotara
terminative lurretaraino lurreraino lurretaraino lurrotaraino
directive lurretarantz lurrerantz lurretarantz lurrotarantz
destinative lurretarako lurrerako lurretarako lurrotarako
ablative lurretatik lurretik lurretatik lurrotatik
partitive lurrik — — —
prolative lurtzat — — —

Derived terms

  • Amalur (“Mother Earth”)
  • lur agindu (“promised land”)
  • lur arraro (“rare earth”)
  • lur azpiko urak (“wastewater”)
  • lur beltz (“black earth”)
  • lur eman (“to entomb”)
  • lur hartu (“to land”)
  • lur hartzeko pista (“runway”)
  • lur idor (“dry land”)
  • lur jo (“to hit rock bottom”)
  • lur orotako bizikleta (“mountain bike”)
  • lur orotako ibilgailu (“ATV”)
  • lur promestu (“promised land”)
  • lur santu (“graveyard”)
  • Lur Santua (“Holy Land”)
  • lur zanpatu (“clay court”)
  • lur zuri (“kaolin”)
  • lur-berdinketa (“leveling”)
  • lur-emaile (“burier”)
  • lur-emate (“burial”)
  • lur-esfera (“globe”)
  • lur-geruza (“surface of the Earth”)
  • lur-globo (“globe”)
  • lur-hargune (“electrical grounding”)
  • lur-hartze (“landing”)
  • lur-jabe (“landlord”)
  • lur-jale (“geophage”)
  • lur-jausi (“landslide”)
  • lur-jotze (“demolishing, collapse”)
  • lur-lan (“agriculture”)
  • lur-langile (“farmer”)
  • lur-lantze (“agriculture”)
  • lur-mihi (“cape”)
  • lur-mugimendu (“earth moving”)
  • lur-mugitze (“earth moving”)
  • lur-mutur (“cape”)
  • lur-neurketa (“agricultural surveying”)
  • lur-neurtzaile (“surveyor”)
  • lurbel (“black earth”)
  • lurbira (“globe”)
  • lurburu (“pole”)
  • lurdun (“landlord”)
  • lurgain (“surface of the Earth”)
  • lurgaineko (“epigeal”)
  • lurgoratu (“to scrape land”)
  • lurgune (“plot of land”)
  • lurkara (“earthy”)
  • lurketa (“plot of land”)
  • lurki (“country, territory”)
  • lurkoi (“mundane”)
  • lurmen (“land not covered by snow”)
  • lurmen egon (“to be not covered by snow”)
  • lurmendu (“(of snow) to melt”)
  • Lurmutur Hiria (“Cape Town”)
  • lurpe (“underground”)
  • lurpeko (“underground, subterranean”)
  • lurpeko bide (“underpass, subway”)
  • lurpeko pasabide (“underpass, subway”)
  • lurpeko urak (“wastewater”)
  • lurperatu (“to put underground”)
  • lurperatzaile (“burier”)
  • lurpetu (“to put underground”)
  • lurra argaldu (“(of soil) to become infertile”)
  • lurra eman (“to entomb”)
  • lurraldatu (“to transplant”)
  • lurralde (“territory”)
  • lurralde historiko (“historical territory”)
  • Lurralde Santua (“Holy Land”)
  • lurralde-administrazio (“territorial administration”)
  • lurralde-antolamendu (“territorial organization”)
  • lurraldekoi (“territorial”)
  • lurraldetasun (“territoriality”)
  • lurralkalino (“alkaline earth”)
  • lurraska (“furrow”)
  • lurrazal (“surface, crust”)
  • lurreko armada (“ground forces”)
  • lurreko paradisu (“paradise on earth”)
  • lurreko telebista digitala (“digital terrestrial television”)
  • lurremenda (“leveling”)
  • lurrerako hargune (“electrical grounding”)
  • lurreratu (“to land”)
  • lurreratze (“landing”)
  • lurreratze-pista (“runway”)
  • lurreratze-trena (“landing gear”)
  • lurreten (“landslide”)
  • lurreztatu (“to cover with soil”)
  • lurrikara (“earthquake”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “lur”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 271

Further reading

  • “lur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “lur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.

Pronunciation

Verb

lur

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) alternative form of 𦧲

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɮɤ²¹]

Noun

lur

  1. (Yao'an) dragon
    Synonym: lursae

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch loeren (“to lurk”), from Middle Dutch luren (“to look sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *lūraną.

Verb

lur

  1. to peek

References

  • Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)
  2. (music) a horn (device emitting a loud sound)

Etymology 3

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lure

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʉːr/

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lúðr.

Alternative forms

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
  2. (dialectal) the stand of a hand-mill
  3. (dialectal) a vessel of a hollowed out tree
  4. (dialectal) a stick
  5. (dialectal) a pipe of a hollowed out tree
Derived terms

Etymology 3

First attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780.

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)

Etymology 4

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lura

References

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.

Determiner

lur

  1. their

Pronoun

lur

  1. them (dative)

References

  • “llur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romansh

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.

Pronoun

lur

  1. their

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lur c

  2. a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)
    näverlur
    birch trumpet
  4. a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)
    Synonym: bronslur
  5. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet
    2. a telephone handset
      Synonym: telefonlur
      lyfta på luren
      pick up the phone
      lägga på luren
      hang up the phone
      slänga på luren
      slam down the phone
      lägga på luren i örat på någon
      hang up the phone in someone's ear (hang up on someone)
    4. (colloquial, by extension) a cell phone, a mobile phone
      Synonyms: mobil, mobiltelefon, (colloquial, somewhat dated) nalle, (phone, telephone, more generally) telefon, (humorous, dated) yuppienalle
      Jag har skaffat ny lur
      I've bought a new phone [to be closer in tone]
    6. a headphone, an earphone, an earbud
      Synonym: hörlur
      Har du sett mina lurar?
      Have you seen my headphones?
      Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar
      [The] one earbud is broken and the other one is staticy
    7. an ear trumpet (hearing aid)
  6. a nap
    att ta sig en lur
    to have a nap
Declension
Declension of lur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lur lurs
definite luren lurens
plural indefinite lurar lurars
definite lurarna lurarnas
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Deverbal from lura (“lurk”).

Noun

lur

  1. only used in på lur (“in wait, lurking”)
See also

References

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