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uro

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ura (New Guinea).

Borrowed from Japanese 洞 (uro).

uro (plural **uro)

  1. A small, irregularly-shaped wound made in the trunk of a bonsai tree for aesthetic reasons.

uró

  1. moan

From u- +‎ ro.

uro c (singular definite uroen, plural indefinite uroer)

  1. (uncountable) restlessness
    Antonyms: ro, fred
  2. unrest
    Synonym: urolighed
  3. unease, uneasiness, disquiet
    Synonym: ængstelse
    Antonym: hvile
  4. a mobile (decorative arrangement of small items hung from a frame)
    Synonym: mobile

Borrowed from Latin urus.

uro (accusative singular uron, plural uroj, accusative plural urojn)

  1. aurochs

uro

  1. alternative form of urho

From Latin ūrus.

uro m (plural uri)

  1. (zoology) aurochs, urus

uro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うろ

From Proto-Italic *ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éwseti, from *h₁ews- (“to burn”), the same source as the second element of Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ (“ashes”); see ember. Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”), Sanskrit ओषति (óṣati, “to burn”).[1]

ūrō (present infinitive ūrere, perfect active ussī, supine ustum); third conjugation

  1. to burn, consume, inflame
    Synonyms: īnflammō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 1.77–79:
      Urit enim lini campum seges, urit avenae,
      urunt Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno
      The flax burns as the cornfield and so burns the oat
      They burn the Lethe immersed in poppy sleep
  2. (figurative) especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on fire, excite, worry, disturb
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.68-69:
      Ūritur īnfēlīx Dīdō, tōtāque vagātur / urbe furēns, [...].
      Inflamed [with love] [is] unhappy Dido, and through the whole city she wanders, raving, [...].
  3. (figurative) to annoy, to gall, to vex
    Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, concitō, disturbō, irrītō, lacessō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, ēvertō, peragō, īnfestō, moveō, agō, angō, versō
    Antonym: cōnsōlor
  4. (figurative) to rage, to ravage
    • Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 10 10.17:
      haec eos in Etruria iactantes molientesque bellum domi Romanum urebat.
      While they were embroiled and struggling in Etruria the war in Roman houses raged
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ūrō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 645

From u- +‎ ro.

uro f or m (definite singular uroa or uroen, indefinite plural uroer, definite plural uroene)

  1. (uncountable) restlessness
  2. unrest
  3. unease, uneasiness, disquiet
  4. a mobile (decorative arrangement of small items hung from a frame)

From u- +‎ ro.

uro f (definite singular uroa, indefinite plural uroer, definite plural uroene)

  1. (uncountable) restlessness
  2. unrest
  3. unease, uneasiness, disquiet
  4. a mobile (decorative arrangement of small items hung from a frame)

Compare with Yoruba irò, urò

úrò

  1. any of the various species of ape or large monkey

Alternative scripts

uro

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular of uras (“breast”)

From Latin ūrus (“aurochs”), from Proto-Germanic *ūraz (“aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *ūsr- (“aurochs”).

uro m (plural uros)

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenius, an extinct European species of wild cattle)
    Synonyms: uroque, auroque

From Sanskrit उड्डयते (uḍḍayate).

uro

  1. to fly

16th-century borrowing from Latin ūrus.

uro m (plural uros)

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)