English

Noun

kuru ‎(uncountable)

1. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 273:

     By the kate 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.

Synonyms

• laughing death
• laughing sickness

Translations

Anagrams

• Uruk

Ajië

Verb

kuru

1. sleep

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuru/

Noun

kuru

1. dative singular of kur
2. locative singular of kur

Esperanto

Verb

kuru

1. imperative of kuri

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀuq (compare Chamorro hulu, Indonesian guruh, Malay guruh).

Noun

kuru ‎(plural kurukuru)

1. thunder (sound caused by a lightning)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧ru

Etymology 1

Noun

kuru

1. (geography) gorge, gulch (narrow v-shaped valley)
2. canyon

Declension

Synonyms

• kanjoni

Etymology 2

Noun

kuru

1. (pathology) kuru.

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

kuru

1. rōmaji reading of くる

Latvian

Pronoun

kuru

1. accusative singular masculine form of kurš
2. instrumental singular masculine form of kurš
3. genitive plural masculine form of kurš
4. accusative singular feminine form of kurš
5. instrumental singular feminine form of kurš
6. genitive plural feminine form of kurš

Verb

kuru

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of kurt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuru/

Noun

kuru

1. accusative singular of kura
2. instrumental singular of kura

Maori

Noun

kuru

1. breadfruit

Ngan'gityemerri

Noun

kuru

1. (Ngan'gimerri) water

Synonyms

• kuri (Ngan'gikurunggurr)

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970) (quoted online in ASJP)

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

kuru

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Portuguese

Noun

kuru m (uncountable)

1. kuru (central nervous system disease among the Fore people)

Quechua

Noun

kuru

1. worm

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kurıg.

Adjective

kuru ‎(comparative daha kuru, superlative en kuru)

1. dry
2. a very slim person
3. depleted

Antonyms

• yaş
• nemli