nyiru

From Malay nyiru, from Classical Malay ڽيرو (nyiru), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu. Compare Cebuano nigo.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɲiru/ [ˈɲi.ru]
• Rhymes: -iru
• Syllabification: nyi‧ru

nyiru (plural nyiru-nyiru)

1. winnowing basket; winnowing fan

• “nyiru”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• niru

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu. Compare Cebuano nigo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲiru/ [ˈɲi.ru]
• Rhymes: -iru, -ru
• Hyphenation: nyi‧ru

nyiru (Jawi spelling ڽيرو, plural nyiru-nyiru or nyiru²)

1. winnowing basket; winnowing fan

• > Indonesian: nyiru (inherited)

• "nyiru" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu.

• IPA^(key): /ɲiru/

nyiru (Sundanese script ᮑᮤᮛᮥ)

1. winnowing basket; winnowing fan

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, (as 'NJIROE')

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.ɾu/

nyiru

1. (transitive) to stir

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh