different between bur vs burry

English

Alternative forms

• burr

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

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”).

Translations

Anagrams

• RUB, bru, rub

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/, [b?u????], [b?u???]
• Rhymes: -ur

Noun

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

1. cage

Inflection

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Noun

bur m (genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

1. (poetic) son

Declension

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

Derived terms

• -bur

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Adjective

bur m (feminine bur?, neuter buro)

1. good

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

Noun

bur

1. drill

Latvian

Verb

bur

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of burt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of burt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of burt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of burt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of burt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of burt

Maay

Noun

bur

1. flour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [b????]

Noun

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

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

Derived terms

• burhøne, burhøns

References

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse búr.

Noun

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

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

Etymology 2

Verb

bur

1. present of bu

References

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz. Cognate with Old Saxon b?r, Old High German b?r (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Noun

b?r m

1. private chamber, room

Descendants

• Middle English: bour, boure
  • English: bower
  • Scots: bour

Old Frisian

Noun

b?r m

1. a peasant, farmer

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz, whence also Old English b?r, Old Norse búr.

Noun

b?r m

1. peasant
2. quarters

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?r
  • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz, whence also Old English b?r, Old Norse búr.

Noun

b?r m

1. neighbour
2. inhabitant

Descendants

• Low German: Buer, Boer

Etymology 2

Same as the masculine noun.

Noun

b?r n

1. dwelling

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Noun

bur m

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

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: bur

Portuguese

Noun

bur m, f (plural bures)

1. Archaic form of bóer.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Noun

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, […]

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish b?r, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Noun

bur c

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

   att sitta i buren

   to be imprisoned

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (búryj).

Adjective

bur

1. brown

Inflection

Noun

bur

1. brown

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /b??r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bi?r/

Adjective

bur

1. Soft mutation of pur.

Mutation

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Noun

bur n

1. (hunting) cage for catching birds
2. hovel

Derived terms

• fåtabeor
• stabur

English

Etymology

From Middle English burry, bury, equivalent to bur +? -y.

Adjective

burry (comparative more burry, superlative most burry)

1. Abounding in burs.

   burry wool

2. (of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.

References

• burry at OneLook Dictionary Search