lur

See also: lúr and lûr

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

lur (plural lurs)

  1. (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

Translations

Anagrams


Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *lur.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lur/, [lur]

Noun

lur inan

  1. earth, soil
  2. land
  3. (electricity) earth, ground

Declension

Declension of lur (inanimate, ending in -r)
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)
  • lurbel (black earth)
  • lur beltz (black earth)
  • lur-berdinketa (leveling)
  • lurbira (globe)
  • lurburu (pole)
  • lurdun (landlord)
  • lur-emaile (burier)
  • lur eman (to entomb)
  • lur-emate (burial)
  • lur-esfera (globe)
  • lurgaineko (epigeal)
  • lurgain (surface of the Earth)
  • lur-geruza (surface of the Earth)
  • lur-globo (globe)
  • lurgoratu (to scrape land)
  • lurgune (plot of land)
  • lur-hargune (electrical grounding)
  • lur hartu (to land)
  • lur hartzeko pista (runway)
  • lur-hartze (landing)
  • lur idor (dry land)
  • lur-jabe (landlord)
  • lur-jale (geophage)
  • lur-jausi (landslide)
  • lur jo (to hit rock bottom)
  • lur-jotze (demolishing, collapse)
  • lurkara (earthy)
  • lurketa (plot of land)
  • lurki (country, territory)
  • lurkoi (mundane)
  • lur-lan (agriculture)
  • lur-langile (farmer)
  • lur-lantze (agriculture)
  • lurmendu ((of snow) to melt)
  • lurmen egon (to be not covered by snow)
  • lurmen (land not covered by snow)
  • lur-mihi (cape)
  • lur-mugimendu (earth moving)
  • lur-mugitze (earth moving)
  • lur-mutur (cape)
  • Lurmutur Hiria (Cape Town)
  • lur-neurketa (agricultural surveying)
  • lur-neurtzaile (surveyor)
  • lur orotako bizikleta (mountain bike)
  • lur orotako ibilgailu (ATV)
  • lurpeko bide (underpass, subway)
  • lurpeko pasabide (underpass, subway)
  • lurpeko (underground, subterranean)
  • lurpeko urak (wastewater)
  • lurperatu (to put underground)
  • lurperatzaile (burier)
  • lurpetu (to put underground)
  • lurpe (underground)
  • lur promestu (promised land)
  • lurra argaldu ((of soil) to become infertile)
  • lurra eman (to entomb)
  • lurraldatu (to transplant)
  • lurralde-administrazio (territorial administration)
  • lurralde-antolamendu (territorial organization)
  • lurralde historiko (historical territory)
  • lurraldekoi (territorial)
  • Lurralde Santua (Holy Land)
  • lurraldetasun (territoriality)
  • lurralde (territory)
  • 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)
  • Lur Santua (Holy Land)
  • lur santu (graveyard)
  • lur zanpatu (clay court)
  • lur zuri (kaolin)

References

  1. 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.eus
  • lur” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.

Pronunciation


Verb

lur

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 𦧲.

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese (MC lɨoŋ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɮɤ²¹]

Noun

lur 

  1. (Yao'an) dragon
    Synonym: lursae

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)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

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)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)
  2. (music) a horn (device emitting a loud sound)

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lure

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʉːr/

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lúðr.

Alternative forms

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)

Verb

lur

  1. imperative of lura

References


Old Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.

Determiner

lur

  1. their

Pronoun

lur

  1. 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

  1. their

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

  1. a horn (for making sound signals)
  2. an ear trumpet (a hearing aid)
  3. a headphone, a headset
  4. a telephone handset
  5. a nap

Declension

Declension of lur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lur luren lurar lurarna
Genitive lurs lurens lurars lurarnas

See also


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse lúðr.

Noun

lur m

  1. something rolled up, for example made of birch or aspen bark
  2. cone

Derived terms

  • bjenlur
  • brölur
  • nävlur
  • skavlur
  • papperslur
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