turus

See also: Turus

Estonian

Noun

turus

  1. inessive singular of turg

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay turus (“post, pile; pillar”), from Proto-Malayic *turus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake; free-standing post”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.rʊs/
  • Rhymes: -rʊs, -ʊs, -s
  • Hyphenation: tu‧rus

Noun

turus (plural turus-turus)

  1. post, pile
    Synonyms: tiang, tonggak
  2. pillar
  3. (statistics) tally: a mark registering a number or amount
    Synonym: gundal

Derived terms

  • diturus
  • dituruskan
  • menurus
  • menuruskan
  • turus bulan
  • turus negara

Further reading

Irish

Noun

turus m (genitive singular turuis, nominative plural turuis)

  1. obsolete spelling of turas

Declension

Declension of turus (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative turus turuis
vocative a thuruis a thurusa
genitive turuis turus
dative turus turuis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an turus na turuis
genitive an turuis na dturus
dative leis an turus
don turus 		leis na turuis

Mutation

Mutated forms of turus
radical lenition eclipsis
turus thurus dturus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *turus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake; free-standing post”).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /turos/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /turʊs/
  • Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os

Noun

turus (Jawi spelling توروس, plural turus-turus)

  1. massive post or pile; pillar
    cuba-cuba menanam mumbang, jika hidup turus negeri: lit. 'try plant a young coconut seedling, see if it can grow to be a state monument', a phrase expressing how crucial to plan something of high stakes in the long term
    Synonyms: tiang, tonggak, tunggak
  2. trellis (wooden or bamboo poles for vines of growing plants to latch onto)
    Synonym: junjung

Adjective

turus (Jawi spelling توروس)

  1. erect, straight (of a structure)
    Synonym: tegak

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • menurus [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menuruskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • dituruskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • ketua turus
  • turus belat
  • turus dayung
  • turus empang

Descendants

  • Indonesian: turus

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “تورس toeroes”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 91
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “تورس turus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 198
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “turus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 620

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

turus

  1. plural of turu
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