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tanru

/ˈtænɹuː/

tanru noun: a compound brivla (“content word”): that is, a sequence of two or more brivla with possible intervention/incrustation of cmavo to modify the way in which the brivla associate. (Left on their own, the brivla behave in a left-associative manner, where each brivla is modified by the brivla or sub-tanru to its left, before going on to modify the brivla to its right.) The component brivla maintain their separateness (i.e., they are separated by spaces), making tanru different from lujvo.

Noun

tanru (plural tanru)

  1. (Lojban) A compound brivla (“content word”): that is, a sequence of two or more brivla with possible intervention/incrustation of cmavo to modify the way in which the brivla associate. (Left on their own, the brivla behave in a left-associative manner, where each brivla is modified by the brivla or sub-tanru to its left, before going on to modify the brivla to its right.) The component brivla maintain their separateness (i.e., they are separated by spaces), making tanru different from lujvo.

Forms of tanru

pluraltanru

Origin of tanru

From Lojban tanru.

Questions about tanru

What does tanru mean?
Tanru means a compound brivla (“content word”): that is, a sequence of two or more brivla with possible intervention/incrustation of cmavo to modify the way in which the brivla associate. (Left on their own, the brivla behave in a left-associative manner, where each brivla is modified by the brivla or sub-tanru to its left, before going on to modify the brivla to its right.) The component brivla maintain their separateness (i.e., they are separated by spaces), making tanru different from lujvo.
What part of speech is tanru?
Tanru is a noun.
How do you pronounce tanru?
Tanru is pronounced /ˈtænɹuː/.
What is the plural of tanru?
The plural of tanru is tanru.

Words near tanru in the dictionary

  1. Tanquelinians
  2. tanrec
  3. tanrecs
  4. tanrogan
  5. tanrogans
  6. tanru
  7. tans
  8. tans out
  9. tans someone's hide
  10. tans up
  11. Tansey

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