lur

See also: lúr and lûr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Laura.

Symbol

lur

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Laura.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Laura terms

English

Danish Bronze-Age lur (13th-5th c. BCE)

Alternative forms

• lure, lurr

Etymology

From Danish lur, Norwegian lur, and Swedish lur, all from Old Norse lúðr (“trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

lur (plural lurs)

1. (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

Translations

blowing horn

• Albanian: buri (sq)
• Danish: lur (da) c
• Finnish: luuri (fi)
• French: lur (fr) m
• German: Lure f
• Spanish: lur (es) m
• Swedish: lur (sv) c, bronslur (sv) c

Anagrams

• URL

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch loeren (“to lurk”), from Middle Dutch luren (“to look sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *lūraną.

Verb

lur

1. to peek

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *luR. Compare Iberian lura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lur/ [lur]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: lur

Noun

lur inan

1. earth, soil
2. land
3. (electricity) earth, ground

Declension

Declension of lur (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	lur	lurra	lurrak	lurrok
ergative	lurrek	lurrak	lurrek	lurrok
dative	lurri	lurrari	lurrei	lurroi
genitive	lurren	lurraren	lurren	lurron
comitative	lurrekin	lurrarekin	lurrekin	lurrokin
causative	lurrengatik	lurrarengatik	lurrengatik	lurrongatik
benefactive	lurrentzat	lurrarentzat	lurrentzat	lurrontzat
instrumental	lurrez	lurraz	lurrez	lurrotaz
inessive	lurretan	lurrean	lurretan	lurrotan
locative	lurretako	lurreko	lurretako	lurrotako
allative	lurretara	lurrera	lurretara	lurrotara
terminative	lurretaraino	lurreraino	lurretaraino	lurrotaraino
directive	lurretarantz	lurrerantz	lurretarantz	lurrotarantz
destinative	lurretarako	lurrerako	lurretarako	lurrotarako
ablative	lurretatik	lurretik	lurretatik	lurrotatik
partitive	lurrik	—	—	—
prolative	lurtzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• Amalur (“Mother Earth”)
• lur agindu (“promised land”)
• lur arraro (“rare earth”)
• lur azpiko urak (“wastewater”)
• lur beltz (“black earth”)
• lur eman (“to entomb”)
• lur hartu (“to land”)
• lur hartzeko pista (“runway”)
• lur idor (“dry land”)
• lur jo (“to hit rock bottom”)
• lur orotako bizikleta (“mountain bike”)
• lur orotako ibilgailu (“ATV”)
• lur promestu (“promised land”)
• lur santu (“graveyard”)
• Lur Santua (“Holy Land”)
• lur zanpatu (“clay court”)
• lur zuri (“kaolin”)
• lur-berdinketa (“leveling”)
• lur-emaile (“burier”)
• lur-emate (“burial”)
• lur-esfera (“globe”)
• lur-geruza (“surface of the Earth”)
• lur-globo (“globe”)
• lur-hargune (“electrical grounding”)
• lur-hartze (“landing”)
• lur-jabe (“landlord”)
• lur-jale (“geophage”)
• lur-jausi (“landslide”)
• lur-jotze (“demolishing, collapse”)
• lur-lan (“agriculture”)
• lur-langile (“farmer”)
• lur-lantze (“agriculture”)
• lur-mihi (“cape”)
• lur-mugimendu (“earth moving”)
• lur-mugitze (“earth moving”)
• lur-neurketa (“agricultural surveying”)
• lur-neurtzaile (“surveyor”)
• lurbel (“black earth”)
• lurbira (“globe”)
• lurburu (“pole”)
• lurdun (“landlord”)
• lurgain (“surface of the Earth”)
• lurgaineko (“epigeal”)
• lurgoratu (“to scrape land”)
• lurgune (“plot of land”)
• lurkara (“earthy”)
• lurketa (“plot of land”)
• lurki (“country, territory”)
• lurkoi (“mundane”)
• lurmen (“land not covered by snow”)
• lurmen egon (“to be not covered by snow”)
• lurmendu (“(of snow) to melt”)
• lurmutur (“cape”)
• Lurmutur Hiria (“Cape Town”)
• lurpe (“underground”)
• lurpeko (“underground, subterranean”)
• lurpeko bide (“underpass, subway”)
• lurpeko pasabide (“underpass, subway”)
• lurpeko urak (“wastewater”)
• lurperatu (“to put underground”)
• lurperatzaile (“burier”)
• lurpetu (“to put underground”)
• lurra argaldu (“(of soil) to become infertile”)
• lurra eman (“to entomb”)
• lurraldatu (“to transplant”)
• lurralde (“territory”)
• lurralde historiko (“historical territory”)
• Lurralde Santua (“Holy Land”)
• lurralde-administrazio (“territorial administration”)
• lurralde-antolamendu (“territorial organization”)
• lurraldekoi (“territorial”)
• lurraldetasun (“territoriality”)
• lurralkalino (“alkaline earth”)
• lurraska (“furrow”)
• lurrazal (“surface, crust”)
• lurreko armada (“ground forces”)
• lurreko paradisu (“paradise on earth”)
• lurreko telebista digitala (“digital terrestrial television”)
• lurremenda (“leveling”)
• lurrerako hargune (“electrical grounding”)
• lurreratu (“to land”)
• lurreratze (“landing”)
• lurreratze-pista (“runway”)
• lurreratze-trena (“landing gear”)
• lurreten (“landslide”)
• lurreztatu (“to cover with soil”)
• lurrikara (“earthquake”)

Further reading

• “lur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “lur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loe¹ / loe²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loe¹ / loe²
    • Yale: lēu / léu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loe¹ / loe²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lê¹ / lê²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœː⁵⁵/, /lœː³⁵/

Verb

lur

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) alternative form of 𦧲

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɮɤ²¹]

Noun

lur

1. (Yao'an) dragon

   Synonym: lursae

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch loeren (“to lurk”), from Middle Dutch luren (“to look sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *lūraną.

Verb

lur

1. to peek

References

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Mauritian Creole

Adjective

lur

1. alternative spelling of lour (“heavy”)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 209

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)

1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)

1. a nap (short period of sleep)
2. (music) a horn (device emitting a loud sound)

Etymology 3

Verb

lur

1. imperative of lure

References

• “lur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʉːr/

Etymology 1

From the verb lure.

Adjective

lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)

1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lúðr.

Alternative forms

• lu, lûr
• luur, ludur, luder (nonstandard)

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

1. a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
2. (dialectal) the stand of a hand-mill
3. (dialectal) a vessel of a hollowed out tree
4. (dialectal) a stick
5. (dialectal) a pipe of a hollowed out tree

Derived terms

• bronselur
• galdlur
• neverlur

Etymology 3

First attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780.

Noun

lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

1. a nap (short period of sleep)

Etymology 4

Verb

lur

1. imperative of lura

References

• “lur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• lor

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.

Determiner

lur

1. their

Pronoun

lur

1. them (dative)

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “llur”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romansh

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.

Pronoun

lur

1. their

Swedish

en lur (näverlur) (etymology 1 sense 1)

två lurar (bronslurar) (etymology 1 sense 2)

lur på antik [antique] telefon (etymology 1 sense 3.1)

modernare [more modern] lur (telefonlur) (etymology 1 sense 3.1)

en lur (mobiltelefon) (etymology 1 sense 3.2) [colloquial]

ett par [pair] lurar (hörlurar) (etymology 1 sense 3.3)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lūdher (“horn, trumpet”), from Old Norse lúðr, from Proto-Germanic *lawwō, from Proto-Indo-European *lowH-éh₂.

Noun

lur c

2. a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)

   näverlur

   birch trumpet

4. a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)

   Synonym: bronslur

5. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet
   2. a telephone handset

      Synonym: telefonlur

      lyfta på luren

      pick up the phone

      lägga på luren

      hang up the phone

      slänga på luren

      slam down the phone

      lägga på luren i örat på någon

      hang up the phone in someone's ear (hang up on someone)

   4. (colloquial, by extension) a cell phone, a mobile phone

      Synonyms: mobil, mobiltelefon, (colloquial, somewhat dated) nalle, (phone, telephone, more generally) telefon, (humorous, dated) yuppienalle

      Jag har skaffat ny lur

      I've bought a new phone [to be closer in tone]

   6. a headphone, an earphone, an earbud

      Synonym: hörlur

      Har du sett mina lurar?

      Have you seen my headphones?

      Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar

      [The] one earbud is broken and the other one is staticy

   7. an ear trumpet (hearing aid)

Declension

Declension of lur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lur	lurs
	definite	luren	lurens
plural	indefinite	lurar	lurars
	definite	lurarna	lurarnas

Derived terms

• buslur
• hörlur
• mistlur
• näverlur
• telefonlur
• tut i luren

See also

• horn
• lägga på
• mikrotelefon
• tratt
• tuta

Etymology 2

Deverbal from lura (“lurk”).

Noun

lur

1. only used in på lur (“in wait, lurking”)
2. a nap

   att ta sig en lur

   to have a nap

See also

• lurpassa
• telefon

References

• “lur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)