harus

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Originally only found in southwestern dialects (on islands in the Archipelago Sea). Akin to dialectal Estonian harus (found in dialects spoken on islands in the West Estonian archipelago). Possibly a borrowing in either direction or from a common third source.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrus/, [ˈhɑrus̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrus
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧rus

Noun

harus

  1. stay, guy, guyline (rope, or wire supporting a structural element)
  2. (nautical) guy, guyline (support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away)

Usage notes
Dialectal distribution for harus (“guyline”)
  • Northern Southwest Finland (Pohjoinen Varsinais-Suomi)
    • Kustavi, Rymättylä

The classification of and data for regional dialects is based on pre-1950s data. Since the 1950s, the dialects have become increasingly mixed and levelled, and besides Standard Finnish, a relatively uniform and originally urban 'colloquial Finnish' is beginning to emerge in their place.

Source: Suomen murteiden sanakirja by Kotimaisten kielten keskus (CC BY 4.0)

Declension
Inflection of harus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative harus harukset
genitive haruksen harusten
haruksien
partitive harusta haruksia
illative harukseen haruksiin
singular plural
nominative harus harukset
accusative nom. harus harukset
gen. haruksen
genitive haruksen harusten
haruksien
partitive harusta haruksia
inessive haruksessa haruksissa
elative haruksesta haruksista
illative harukseen haruksiin
adessive haruksella haruksilla
ablative harukselta haruksilta
allative harukselle haruksille
essive haruksena haruksina
translative harukseksi haruksiksi
instructive — haruksin
abessive haruksetta haruksitta
comitative — haruksineen
Possessive forms of harus (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person harukseni haruksemme
2nd person haruksesi haruksenne
3rd person haruksensa

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Indonesian

Alternative forms
  • haroes (pre-1947)

Etymology

From Malay harus, from Classical Malay harus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ha.rʊs/

Adverb

harus

  1. have to, must, should (indicates obligation)

Derived terms

Malay

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -us

Adverb

harus (Jawi spelling هاروس‎)

  1. have to, must, should

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Further reading
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