lur
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a North Germanic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
lur (plural lurs)
- (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.
Translations
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *lur.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
lur inan
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | lur | lurra | lurrak |
ergative | lurrek | lurrak | lurrek |
dative | lurri | lurrari | lurrei |
genitive | lurren | lurraren | lurren |
comitative | lurrekin | lurrarekin | lurrekin |
causative | lurrengatik | lurrarengatik | lurrengatik |
benefactive | lurrentzat | lurrarentzat | lurrentzat |
instrumental | lurrez | lurraz | lurrez |
inessive | lurretan | lurrean | lurretan |
locative | lurretako | lurreko | lurretako |
allative | lurretara | lurrera | lurretara |
terminative | lurretaraino | lurreraino | lurretaraino |
directive | lurretarantz | lurrerantz | lurretarantz |
destinative | lurretarako | lurrerako | lurretarako |
ablative | lurretatik | lurretik | lurretatik |
partitive | lurrik | — | — |
prolative | lurtzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- Amalur (“Mother Earth”)
- lur agindu (“promised land”)
- lur arraro (“rare earth”)
- lur azpiko urak (“wastewater”)
- lur azpiko urak (“wastewater”)
- lur beltz (“black earth”)
- lur eman (“to entomb”)
- lur hartu (“to land”)
- lur hartzeko pista (“runway”)
- lur idor (“dry land”)
- lur jo (“to hit rock bottom”)
- lur orotako bizikleta (“mountain bike”)
- lur orotako ibilgailu (“ATV”)
- lur promestu (“promised land”)
- lur santu (“graveyard”)
- Lur Santua (“Holy Land”)
- lur zanpatu (“clay court”)
- lur zuri (“kaolin”)
- lur-berdinketa (“leveling”)
- lur-emaile (“burier”)
- lur-emate (“burial”)
- lur-esfera (“globe”)
- lur-geruza (“surface of the Earth”)
- lur-globo (“globe”)
- lur-hargune (“electrical grounding”)
- lur-hartze (“landing”)
- lur-jabe (“landlord”)
- lur-jale (“geophage”)
- lur-jausi (“landslide”)
- lur-jotze (“demolishing, collapse”)
- lur-lan (“agriculture”)
- lur-langile (“farmer”)
- lur-lantze (“agriculture”)
- lur-mihi (“cape”)
- lur-mugimendu (“earth moving”)
- lur-mugitze (“earth moving”)
- lur-mutur (“cape”)
- lur-neurketa (“agricultural surveying”)
- lur-neurtzaile (“surveyor”)
- lurbel (“black earth”)
- lurbira (“globe”)
- lurburu (“pole”)
- lurdun (“landlord”)
- lurgain (“surface of the Earth”)
- lurgaineko (“epigeal”)
- lurgoratu (“to scrape land”)
- lurgune (“plot of land”)
- lurkara (“earthy”)
- lurketa (“plot of land”)
- lurki (“country, territory”)
- lurkoi (“mundane”)
- lurmen egon (“to be not covered by snow”)
- lurmen (“land not covered by snow”)
- lurmendu (“(of snow) to melt”)
- Lurmutur Hiria (“Cape Town”)
- lurpe (“underground”)
- lurpeko bide (“underpass, subway”)
- lurpeko pasabide (“underpass, subway”)
- lurpeko urak (“wastewater”)
- lurpeko (“underground, subterranean”)
- lurperatu (“to put underground”)
- lurperatzaile (“burier”)
- lurpetu (“to put underground”)
- lurra argaldu (“(of soil) to become infertile”)
- lurra eman (“to entomb”)
- lurraldatu (“to transplant”)
- lurralde historiko (“historical territory”)
- Lurralde Santua (“Holy Land”)
- lurralde (“territory”)
- lurralde-administrazio (“territorial administration”)
- lurralde-antolamendu (“territorial organization”)
- lurraldekoi (“territorial”)
- lurraldetasun (“territoriality”)
- lurralkalino (“alkaline earth”)
- lurraska (“furrow”)
- lurrazal (“surface, crust”)
- lurreko armada (“ground forces”)
- lurreko paradisu (“paradise on earth”)
- lurreko telebista digitala (“digital terrestrial television”)
- lurremenda (“leveling”)
- lurrerako hargune (“electrical grounding”)
- lurrerako hargune (“electrical grounding”)
- lurreratu (“to land”)
- lurreratu (“to land”)
- lurreratze (“landing”)
- lurreratze-pista (“runway”)
- lurreratze-trena (“landing gear”)
- lurreten (“landslide”)
- lurreztatu (“to cover with soil”)
- lurrikara (“earthquake”)
References
- ^ “lur” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- “lur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “lur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chinese
Etymology
Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: loe1 / loe2
- Yale: lēu / léu
- Cantonese Pinyin: loe1 / loe2
- Guangdong Romanization: lê1 / lê2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœː⁵⁵/, /lœː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
lur
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 𦧲
Lolopo
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb lure.
Adjective
lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)
Etymology 2
From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)
Etymology 3
Verb
lur
- imperative of lure
References
- “lur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the verb lure.
Adjective
lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)
- a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)
- a nap (short period of sleep)
Etymology 4
Verb
lur
- imperative of lura
References
- “lur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.
Determiner
lur
Pronoun
lur
- them (dative)
References
- “llur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.
Pronoun
lur
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːr
Noun
lur c
- a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)
- a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)
- Synonym: bronslur
- a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet
- a telephone handset
- lyfta på luren
- pick up the phone
- lägga på luren
- hang up the phone
- slänga på luren
- slam down the phone
- lägga på luren i örat på någon
- hang up the phone in someone's ear (hang up on someone)
- (colloquial, by extension) a mobile phone
- Jag har skaffat ny lur
- I've bought a new mobile phone
- a headphone, an earphone, an earbud
- Synonym: hörlur
- Har du sett mina lurar?
- Have you seen my headphones?
- Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar
- [The] one earbud is broken and the other one is staticy
- an ear trumpet (hearing aid)
- a telephone handset
- a nap
- att ta sig en lur
- to have a nap
Declension
Declension of lur | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lur | luren | lurar | lurarna |
Genitive | lurs | lurens | lurars | lurarnas |
Derived terms
See also
References
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- eu:Electricity
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- Lolopo lemmas
- Lolopo nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- nb:Musical instruments
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːr
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːr/1 syllable
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