different between murr vs muri

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mûr, IPA^(key): /m??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [m??(?)]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [m?]
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: murre, myrrh

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Noun

murr (plural murrs)

1. (obsolete) A catarrh. [from 15th–18th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.12:

     With them a Phthysique or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them.

   • 1523, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell

     The woodhack that singeth 'chur', / Hoarsely, as he had the murr [...]

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

murr (plural murrs)

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, furry fandom) A purr (produced by any animal).
   • 2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions), in fur.stories.erotica, Usenet:

     Raion let out a contented murr, […]

   • 2004, "Claudia" (username), STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse ), in alt.sex.stories, Usenet:

     Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her […]

   • 2007, Teiran, The Hero, page 150:

     The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw.

Verb

murr (third-person singular simple present murrs, present participle murring, simple past and past participle murred)

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, of a person or animal, especially furry fandom) To purr.
   • 1989, Dawn Borrelli, Kate, page 101:

     The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.

   • 1995 January 5, "Anne-Lise Pasch" (username), STORY: Retribution, in alt.fan.furry, Usenet:

     She murred in satisfaction.

   • 2002, September 2, "sahd_ryoken" (username), *murrs* no shirt, jean shorts, and one hot dragon, in alt.fan.dragons, Usenet

Adjective

murr

1. (slang, of a person or animal, furry fandom) Having sexual appeal, sexy.
   • 2002 November 14, "Khaki Wolf" (username), FUR Genengineering Tank (M/ Direwolf) - garmtank_work.jpg (1/1), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.

   • 2002 November 3, "Lukos", in FuRe: Jay (Male/Tame/Fanart), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Yew rox0rs....p.b. and Jay are murr. DO P.B.!

     Lukos

     "Darkan" […] wrote in message […]

     > A little fanart of Jay from Daria McGrain's 'Genus Male' comic. I like P.B.

     > better tho, and will draw him soon.

   • 2003 October 12, "Darkone" (username), Fur: Teeming with Vermin(m/2 pics/not really tame), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Great pics, very murr :)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

murr

1. singular imperative of murren
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of murren

English

Etymology 1

Noun

muri

1. plural of murus

Etymology 2

Noun

muri (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of moori

Etymology 3

Japanese ??

Noun

muri (uncountable)

1. (business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work processes have not been simplified through standardization.

Coordinate terms

• muda
• mura

Anagrams

• Muir, Rumi, rimu

Anuta

Adjective

muri

1. back

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *muri, from Proto-Oceanic *muri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ud?hi (compare Indonesian kemudian, Maori muri).

Preposition

muri

1. after

French

Verb

muri

1. past participle of murir

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese morrer. Cognate with Kabuverdianu móri.

Verb

muri

1. to die

Ido

Noun

muri

1. plural of muro

Italian

Noun

muri m

1. plural of muro

Verb

muri

1. inflection of murare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

muri

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Noun

m?r?

1. inflection of m?rus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
2. dative singular of m?s

References

• muri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Maltese

Participle

muri (feminine murija, plural murijin)

1. past participle of ra
2. past participle of wera

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Indonesian kemudian, Fijian muri).

Adverb

muri

1. after

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese morrer and Spanish morir and Kabuverdianu móri.

Verb

muri

1. to die

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mor?re, from Latin mor?, present passive infinitive of morior, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mu?ri]

Verb

a muri (third-person singular present moare, past participle murit) 4th conj.

1. to die
   • 1883, Mihai Eminescu, Od? (în metru antic):

Conjugation

Synonyms

• deceda, r?posa

Antonyms

• tr?i

Derived terms

• murire
• muritor
• nemuritor

Related terms

• moarte
• mort

Tat

Etymology

Possibly from Armenian ???? (mori, “wild strawberry”).

Noun

muri

1. strawbery

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m??t??.

Noun

muri

1. tree