koru

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori koru. === Noun === koru (plural korus or koru) A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art. === Anagrams === RUOK, ruok == Basque == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾu/ [ko.ɾu] Rhymes: -oɾu, -u Hyphenation: ko‧ru === Noun === koru inan choir Synonym: abesbatza ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “koru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “koru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Finnish == === Etymology === korea (“decorated”) +‎ -u === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoru/, [ˈko̞ru] Rhymes: -oru Syllabification(key): ko‧ru Hyphenation(key): ko‧ru === Noun === koru piece of jewellery, jewel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “koru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === kuro, ruko == Latvian == === Noun === koru m genitive plural of koris === Noun === koru f genitive plural of kore == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kolu ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gəluŋ (compare with Malay gelung “loop”) from *-luŋ (“bend, curve”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoru/ [ˈkɔɾʉ] === Noun === koru coil, loop === Adjective === koru coiled, looped === Derived terms === korukoru === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “koru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 171 John C. Moorfield (2011), “koru”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === kòru f (definite singular kòro, indefinite plural kòrur, definite plural kòrune) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. == Turkish == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوری (koru, “reserve, enclosure, protected forest”), itself from Proto-Turkic *kōrïg (“enclosure, enclosed area”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (korïg), Azerbaijani qoruq and Uzbek qoʻriq. ==== Noun ==== koru (definite accusative koruyu, plural korular) grove ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== koru definite accusative singular of kor third-person singular possessive singular of kor === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== koru second-person singular imperative of korumak