seru

See also: sēru and šeru

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛru]

Verb

seru

1. first-person singular present of srát

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈru/ [səˈru]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: se‧ru

Etymology 1

From Malay seru, from Sanskrit श्रु (śru, “to listen, hear; learn”).

Noun

sêru (plural seru-seru)

1. call, shout, cry

Alternative forms

• saru

Derived terms

• berseru
• berseru-seru
• menyeru
• menyeru-nyerukan
• menyerukan
• penyeru
• penyeruan
• seruan

• kata seru

Etymology 2

From Malay seru, from Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦸ (seru, “loud, strong”), ꦱꦿꦸ (sru, “loud, strong”), from Old Javanese sru (“swiftness, force, vehemence”).

Adjective

seru

1. cruel, harsh, strict, severe

   Synonym: bengis

2. sharp, powerful, violent, furious, severe, intense

   Synonyms: hebat, sengit

Derived terms

• keseruan

Etymology 3

From Malay seru, from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “all”). Doublet of sarwa and serba.

Adjective

seru

1. alternative form of serba (“various”)

Etymology 4

From Arabic سَرْو (sarw, “cypress”).

Noun

sêru (plural seru-seru)

1. needlewood tree (Schima bancana)

   Synonyms: medang gatal, puspa

Further reading

• “seru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

seru

1. Rōmaji transcription of セル

Javanese

Romanization

seru

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦫꦸ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ruː/, [ˈsɛruː] or IPA^(key): /ˈse.ru/, [ˈsɛrʊ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ru/, [ˈsɛːru]

Noun

serū̆ n (genitive serūs or serū); fourth declension (hapax legomenon)

1. Alternative form of serum
   • C.E. 4th C., Flavius Sosipater Charisius (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Ars Grammatica (1857), page 31:

     […] hoc genū huius genū. Similiter verū gelū tonitrū serū.

     […] hoc genū, huius genū. Similarly verū, gelū, tonitrū, serū.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	serū̆1	serua
genitive	serūs2 serū3	seruum
dative	serū4 seruī2	seribus
accusative	serū̆1	serua
ablative	serū4	seribus
vocative	serū̆1	serua

¹The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.
²According to Martianus Capella.
³According to Servius.
⁴According to both.

Latvian

Noun

seru m

1. inflection of sers:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish cerro and Portuguese cerro and Kabuverdianu séra.

Noun

seru

1. mountain, hill