baru

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baru (uncountable)

1. A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used as caulk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaru/ [ˈbʌɾʊ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

báru m (plural barwá f or baritteetá f)

1. freckle

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bàru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 31

From Malay baru.

baru

1. new

baru

1. recently, just now

• Baba Malay Dictionary

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

• IPA^(key): /baru/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

baru

1. new (age of non-living things)

   rumah baru

   new house

• (antonym(s) of “age”): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

• (age): muda (“young”) (living things)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaru]

baru

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of bar

• Audio:

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baru

1. imperative of bari

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

• IPA^(key): /baru/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

baru

1. new (age of non-living things)

   rumah baru ― new house

• (antonym(s) of “age”): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

• (age): biak (“young”) (living things)

baru

1. anew, again
2. just now

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

• IPA^(key): /baruʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

baru

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

• Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaru/ [ˈba.ru]
• Rhymes: -aru
• Syllabification: ba‧ru

Inherited from Malay baru, a variant of baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

• baharu (chiefly dialectal)
• baroe (1901–1947)
• baharoe (1901–1947, chiefly dialectal)

baru (comparative lebih baru, superlative paling baru)

1. new

   Ponsel barunya mewah.

   His new phone is luxurious.

baru

1. just (moments ago, recently)

   Mereka baru pulang sekolah.

   They just got home from school.

From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of waru.

• embaru
• baroe (1901–1947)

baru (plural baru-baru)

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

   Synonym: waru

• “baru”, 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

• bórre (Barlavento)

From Portuguese barro.

baru

1. (Sotavento) clay

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

baru m

1. inflection of bars:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

baru

1. first-person singular present indicative of bārt

baru m

1. instrumental singular of baras

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbaru/ [ˈba.ru]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -aru, -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

• bharu, bahru (dated)

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

1. just, recently, a few moments ago

   Aku baru sampai di rumah.

   I've just arrived home.

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

1. (sometimes proscribed) new; recently came into existence

   Synonym: (formal, literary) baharu

   tahun baru ― new year

• Although Kamus Dewan makes no such distinction, many people wrongly believe that baru should not be used as an adjective meaning "new" and that only baharu could be used in such way.

• > Indonesian: baru (inherited)
• → Baba Malay: baru
• → Hokkien: 麻汝 (bâ-lú)
• → Teochew: 麻汝 (bha⁵ lu²)

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

• baru-baru
• bebaru

baru (Jawi spelling بارو, plural baru-baru)

1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

• > Indonesian: baru (inherited)
• → Ternate: baru

• “baru”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Malay baru.

• IPA^(key): /baru/, [ˈba.ɾʊ]

baru

1. be new
   • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Luke 5:38:

     Karna itu air anggur baru harus orang simpan di dalam kantong kulit yang baru juga.

     Because we people have to store that new wine inside also new wineskins.

   • 2008 October 25, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 3, line 86:

     kalo besok ada berkat sa bli komputer baru

     if there will be a blessing in the future I will buy a new computer

baru

1. recently
   • 2008 September 22, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 830:

     kariawang dong baru lewat

     the employees recently walked by

2. (reduplicated) just now

   Synonym: barusang

   • 2008 November 15, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 70:

     baru-baru de masuk ruma-sakit

     just now he got into the hospital

baru

1. then, and then, but then

   Synonym: trus

   • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Genesis 37:24:

     Baru dong seret de ke sumur, […]

     And then they brought him to a well, […]

   • 2008 September 23, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 10, line 12:

     […] de jatu baru motor tindis dia

     […] he fell and then the motorbike crushed him

2. after all

   Synonym: habis

• Kluge, Angela (2017), A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 131, 271, 475, 567

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. accusative singular of bȁra

From Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Doublet of bahayu

baru (Sundanese script ᮘᮛᮥ)

1. new (recently made or created)

Likely from Malay baru

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾu/

baru

1. sea hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

   Synonym: baru dowongi

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

Said by Collins to be a borrowing from Malay [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ru/

baru

1. boat caulking

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2], Pacific linguistics