furu

See also: füru, fǔrǔ, and fūru

English

Etymology

Blend of fake +‎ guru

Noun

furu (plural furus)

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

Asturian

Noun

furu m (plural furos)

1. tool used to make holes on clogs

Related terms

• afurar
• furacu

Bambara

Etymology

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

Noun

furu

1. marriage

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/
• (Slidre, Hallingmål, Valdres dialect, West Telemark) IPA^(key): [²fuː.ɾu]
• (Slidre, Nord-Aurdal) IPA^(key): [²foː.ɾo]
• (Opplanda) IPA^(key): [²fuː.ɾu], [²foː.ɾo], [²fɵː.ɾɵ], [²fʉ̟ː.ɾʉ̟]
• (Northern Gudbrandsdal) 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. great, big

Swedish

furu

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	tofuru	fofuru	mifuru
2nd	nofuru	nifuru
3rd	Masculine	ofuru	ifuru, yofuru†
Feminine	mofuru
Neuter	ifuru
† - archaic

References

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