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克鲁 (kè lǔ) — (proper noun, place/people) transliteration of Kru or Kelu

Definition

克鲁 (Kèlǔ) is a transliterated proper noun referring to the Kru, an ethnic group in West Africa. Used mainly in ethnographic, historical, or anthropological contexts.

noun
(proper noun, place/people) transliteration of Kru or Kelu

Examples

  • 克鲁。
    kè lǔ Shì fēi zhōu xī bù de yí gè mín zú.
    Kru is an ethnic group in West Africa.
  • 克鲁。
    Tā yán jiū guò kè lǔ wén huà de tè diǎn.
    He has studied the characteristics of Kru culture.
  • 克鲁。
    kè lǔ Zú yǒu zì jǐ de yǔ yán hé chuán tǒng.
    The Kru people have their own language and traditions.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

克kè
鲁lǔ

The characters 克 and 鲁 only spell a foreign name and carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魯; 鲁 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 魯 pairs 魚 (fish) and 口 (mouth) to show fish entering the mouth, giving the sense delicious/excellent. The simplified 鲁 is a later shorthand, not the original picture.

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