Meru
ISO 639-3: mer
Regional language of eastern Kenya
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu |
| Countries | Kenya |
| Approximate Speakers | ~2,000,000 |
| Notes | Closely related to Kikuyu and Embu |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kuria | to eat | אָכַל | ʼâkal | a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite. |
| nyasi | grass | דֶּשֶׁא | desheʼ | from דָּשָׁא; a sprout; by analogy, grass; (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb. |
| koosa | to wash | כָּבַס | kâbaç | a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative; fuller, wash(-ing). |
| tuhu | emptiness, futility, worthlessness | תֹּהוּ | tôhûw | from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. |