bur

bur

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Burmese.

• burr

From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

bur (plural burs)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).

• RUB, bru, rub

From Old Norse búr.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/, [b̥uːˀɐ̯], [b̥uɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -ur

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

1. cage

From Old Norse burr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Old English byre (“descendant, son”).

• IPA^(key): /pʏːr/
• Rhymes: -ʏːr

bur m (genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

1. (poetic) son

Declension of bur
m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bur	burinn	burir	burirnir
accusative	bur	burinn	buri	burina
dative	bur	burnum	burum	burunum
genitive	burs	bursins	bura	buranna

The accusative plural buru also exists, but is only used in the phrase eiga börn og buru.

• -bur

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos.

bur m (feminine burĕ, neuter buro)

1. good

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

bur

1. drill

bur

1. inflection of burt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of burt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of burt

bur

1. flour

Root
b-w-r
1 term

From Arabic بُور (būr).

• IPA^(key): /buːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

bur m (plural bwar, diminutive bura)

1. meadow, pastureland

bur

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bour

From Old Norse búr.

IPA^(key): [bʉʷːɾ]

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura or burene)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

• burhøne, burhøns

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse búr.

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

bur

1. present of bu

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

būr n

1. private chamber, room

• Middle English: bour, boure, bowre, bowur, bur (Early Middle English)
  • English: bower
  • Scots: bour

būr m

1. a peasant, farmer

Declension of būr (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	būr	būrar, būra
genitive	būres	būra
dative	būre	būrum, būrem
accusative	būr	būrar, būra

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“dwelling”), whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

• pūr

būr n

1. dwelling, quarters, bower

   brūd in būre

   a bride in the bower

• Middle High German: būr
  • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant”).

būr m

1. peasant, farmer

• gibūro
• gibūr

• ⇒ Middle High German: būre (“neighbor, farmer, peasant”)
  • German: Bauer (“farmer”)
    • → English: bauer; bower
    • → Polish: bauer
    • → Serbo-Croatian: pȁor, па̏ор
  • Luxembourgish: Bauer
  • Mòcheno: pauer
  • Pennsylvania German: Bauer
  • Yiddish: פּויער (poyer)

bur

1. accusative/dative singular of burr

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

būr m

1. neighbour
2. inhabitant

• Low German: Buer, Boer

Same as the masculine noun.

būr n

1. dwelling

• ᛒᚢᚱ

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

bur n

1. dwelling, residence
2. storehouse
3. room, chamber
4. cage

• Swedish: bur c

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur/
• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: bur

bur f

1. genitive plural of bura

• Hyphenation: bur

bur m or f by sense (plural bures)

1. Archaic form of bóer.

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bur m

1. darkness (lack of light)
   • December 2007, Nevio Spadoni, Guido Bianchi, Urazion in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 9:

     Te, che t’vid / la luš int e’ mi bur, […]

     You, who sees / the light in my darkness, […]

bur

1. Romanization of 𒁓 (bur)

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

• IPA^(key): /bʉːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

bur c

1. a cage
2. (slang) a prison, a jail, an arrest

   att sitta i buren

   to be imprisoned

• bura in

• bur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Russian бу́рый (búryj).

bur

1. brown

Inflection of bur (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	bur
genitive sing.	buran
partitive sing.	burad
partitive plur.	burid
	singular	plural
nominative	bur	burad
accusative	buran	burad
genitive	buran	buriden
partitive	burad	burid
essive-instructive	buran	burin
translative	buraks	burikš
inessive	buras	buriš
elative	buraspäi	burišpäi
illative	buraha	burihe
adessive	bural	buril
ablative	buralpäi	burilpäi
allative	burale	burile
abessive	burata	burita
comitative	buranke	buridenke
prolative	buradme	buridme
approximative I	buranno	buridenno
approximative II	burannoks	buridennoks
egressive	burannopäi	buridennopäi
terminative I	burahasai	burihesai
terminative II	buralesai	burilesai
terminative III	burassai	—
additive I	burahapäi	burihepäi
additive II	buralepäi	burilepäi

bur

1. brown

Inflection of bur (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	bur
genitive sing.	buran
partitive sing.	burad
partitive plur.	burid
	singular	plural
nominative	bur	burad
accusative	buran	burad
genitive	buran	buriden
partitive	burad	burid
essive-instructive	buran	burin
translative	buraks	burikš
inessive	buras	buriš
elative	buraspäi	burišpäi
illative	buraha	burihe
adessive	bural	buril
ablative	buralpäi	burilpäi
allative	burale	burile
abessive	burata	burita
comitative	buranke	buridenke
prolative	buradme	buridme
approximative I	buranno	buridenno
approximative II	burannoks	buridennoks
egressive	burannopäi	buridennopäi
terminative I	burahasai	burihesai
terminative II	buralesai	burilesai
terminative III	burassai	—
additive I	burahapäi	burihepäi
additive II	buralepäi	burilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “бурый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /biːr/

bur

1. Soft mutation of pur.

• IPA^(key): /bʊɾ/

bur

1. little

bur

1. one's own child

   Bur egi ― My child

2. the child of a woman's co-wife
3. (by extension) the child of one's brothers or cousins

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad