furu

See also: füru, fǔrǔ, fūru, and Furu

English

Etymology

Blend of fake +‎ guru.

Noun

furu (plural furus)

1. (informal, rare) A person who fraudulently poses as a guru.

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɾu/ [ˈfu.ɾu]
• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Syllabification: fu‧ru

Noun

furu m (plural furos)

1. hole

   Synonym: furacu

2. tool used to make holes on clogs

Related terms

• afurar
• furacu

Further reading

• “furu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “furu (noun)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Bambara

Etymology

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

Noun

furu

1. marriage

Derived terms

• furunafolo
• furufɛn

Icelandic

Noun

furu

1. indefinite accusative singular of fura
2. indefinite dative singular of fura
3. indefinite genitive singular of fura

Japanese

Romanization

furu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふる
2. Rōmaji transcription of フル

Norwegian Bokmål

furu

Etymology

From Old Norse fura.

Noun

furu f or m (definite singular furua or furuen, indefinite plural furuer, definite plural furuene)

1. a pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2. pine (wood from pine trees)

Derived terms

• furutømmer

References

• “furu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fure, fura
• furru (dialectal spelling)

Etymology

From an eastern dialectal form of fure, fura, from Old Norse fura. The -u stems from Old Norse accusative furu, which eastern Norwegian dialects have retained in short-syllable words.

Some dialects have metaphony in furu, although less noticeable than in some other words (e.g. vuku [²ʋʉ.kʉ] < [vi.ka]), while others have two different u-sounds. For instance North Gudbrand Valley with [²fʉ.ɾu] instead of *[²fu.ɾu] (compare turu [²tʰu.ɾu]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fʉː.rʉ/, /²fuː.ru/
• (Slidremål, Hallingdal, Valdres, West Telemark) IPA^(key): [²fuː.ɾu]
• (Slidremål, Nord-Aurdal) IPA^(key): [²foː.ɾo]
• (Opplanda) IPA^(key): [²fuː.ɾu], [²foː.ɾo], [²fɵː.ɾɵ], [²fʉ̟ː.ɾʉ̟]
• (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen) IPA^(key): [²fʉ.ɾu]
• (Mid Østerdal) IPA^(key): [²fɵː.ɾɵ], [²fʉ̟ː.ɾʉ̟]
• (Solør) IPA^(key): [²fɐː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ʉːrʉ, -uːru
• Hyphenation: fu‧ru

Noun

furu f (definite singular furua, indefinite plural furuer, definite plural furuene)

1. a pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2. pine (wood from pine trees)

Inflection

Declension of furu (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	furu	furua	furuer	furuene
compound-genitive	furu-	―	―	―

Midlandsnormal declension of furu (weak short ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	furu	furo	furur	furune
compound-genitive	furu-	―	―	―

Derived terms

• furutømmer

References

• “furu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

furu

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of fura

Sranan Tongo

Adjective

furu

1. many
   • 1981, Thea Doelwijt, Prisiri stari. De pretster. Wan komedi-pré gi pikin. Een theaterspel voor kinderen [The star of joy. A theatre play for children]‎^[1], Paramaribo: Eldoradoboek, →ISBN, page 60:

     En m'o gi joe wan kondre. Wan heri kondre nanga foeroe libisma.

     [Èn mi o gi yu wan kondre. Wan heri kondre nanga furu libisma.]

     And I will give you a country. A whole country, with many people.

   • 1991 January 1, “Prisiri na a heri grontapoe [Rejoicing in the whole world]”, in A waktitoren‎^[2], Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 4:

     Foeroe presi no de, di de so fara leki a noordsei foe Groenkondre.

     [Furu presi no de, di de so fara leki a nortsei fu Grunkondre.]

     There are few places as remote as the north of Greenland.

     (literally, “Many places there are not, that are so far as the north of Greenland.”)

   • 2007, “Yehovah kibri wi libi na a ten fu den ogri-ati tirimakti”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[3]:

     A bom sutu so tranga taki a broko mi yesimama. Furu yari langa mi no ben man yere bun, ma te fu kaba mi yesi kon betre baka.

     The bomb exploded so loudly that it broke my eardrums. For many years I couldn't hear well, but in the end my ears healed again.

Swedish

furu

Etymology

From Old Norse fura.

Noun

furu c

1. pinewood

   Synonym: (less common) fur

Declension

Declension of furu

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	furu	furus
	definite	furun	furuns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• fur
• fura

See also

• tall

References

• furu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• furu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• furu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfu.ɾu]

Verb

furu

1. (stative) to be wild

Conjugation

Conjugation of furu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofuru	fofuru	mifuru
2nd person		nofuru	nifuru
3rd person	masculine	ofuru	ifuru yofuru (archaic)
	feminine	mofuru
	neuter	ifuru

References

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