turru

== Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /turˈru/ [tʊrˈrʊ] Hyphenation: tur‧ru === Noun === turrú f joke ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “turru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle; Mohamed Hassan Kamil (August 2013), “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43rd Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === tzurru, ciurru === Etymology === Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be compared to Latin tullius (“jet of water”), Spanish chorro (“flow”) and Basque txurru (“falling water”, onomatopoeic). To these, one could also add Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋 (tul, “heavy rain”). === Noun === turru m jet of water brook, small stream waterfall === References === === Further reading === “turru”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna] == Sicilian == === Noun === turru m (chess) rook === See also ===