emu

See also: Emu, EMU, ému, emú, and emù

English

An emu

Etymology 1

Probably from Portuguese ema (“ostrich”), perhaps from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈiːmjuː/, /ˈiːmuː/

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.

Alternative forms

• emeu (obsolete)

Derived terms

• dwarf emu
• Kangaroo Island emu

Translations

Dromaius novaehollandiae

• Arabic: دُرْمِيس أُسْتُرَالِيّ m (dormīs ʾusturāliyy)
• Armenian: էմու (hy) (ēmu), ավստրալիական ջայլամ (avstraliakan ǰaylam)
• Assamese: ইমু (as) (imu)
• Belarusian: эму m (ému)
• Bulgarian: ему (emu)
• Catalan: emú
• Cherokee: ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (Eladitla gvna utana), ᎢᎽ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (imu gvna utana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鴯鶓／鸸鹋 (zh) (érmiáo), 鸸鹋 (zh) (érmiáo), 鴯／鸸 (zh) (ér), 鸸 (zh) (ér)

• Czech: emu (cs) m
• Danish: emu
• Darkinjung: gungurung
• Dutch: emoe (nl) m
• Eastern Arrernte: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: emuo
• Estonian: emu
• Finnish: emu (fi)
• French: émeu (fr) m, émeus (fr) m pl
• Gamilaraay: thinawan
• German: Emu (de) m
• Gooniyandi: garnanganyja
• Greek: εμού (el) n (emoú)
• Guugu Yimidhirr: burriway, ngunhdhangunhdha (avoidance language)
• Hebrew: אמו
• Hungarian: emu (hu)
• Ido: emuo (io)
• Indonesian: emu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: emu
• Irish: éamú m
• Italian: emù (it) m
• Japanese: 鴯鶓 (ja) (emyū), エミュー (ja) (emyū)
• Kala Lagaw Ya: samu
• Korean: 에뮤 (emyu)
• Kriol: emiyu, imiyu
• Lithuanian: emu (lt)
• Martuthunira: jankurna
• Navajo: tsídiitsoh ditsʼozígíí
• Norwegian: emu m
• Pitjantjatjara: kaḻaya, tjakipiri
• Polish: emu (pl)
• Portuguese: emu (pt) m
• Romanian: emu (ro) m
• Russian: э́му (ru) m (ému)
• Serbo-Croatian: emu (sh)
• Slovene: emu (sl) m
• Spanish: emú m
• Swedish: emu (sv)
• Tiwi: yimiyuwu
• Ukrainian: ему m (ému)
• Wardaman: gumurrinji
• Warlpiri: karlaya
• Welsh: emiw m, emiwiaid m pl
• Wiradhuri: nguurruuyn, dhinawan (northern dialect)

Further reading

• emu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

See electromagnetic unit.

Noun

emu (plural emu)

1. (physics) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Initialism of electromagnetic unit.
   • 1943, Henry Augustus Perkins, College Physics, p. 530:

     A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.

   • 1959, American Geological Institute, Geoscience Abstracts, p. 38:

     The average intensity is 80 X 10"5 emu/cm3.

   • 1974, William Berkson, Fields of Force: The Development of a World View from Faraday to Einstein, p. 168:

     The amount of charge named by one emu is that which produces a unit magnetic effect when flowing in a current at one unit length per second.

   • 1976, John Aloysius O'Keefe, Tektites and Their Origin, p. 109:

     Booker and Harrison (1966) set an upper limit of 10~7 emu/g.

   • 2005, Peter Mohn, Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction, p. 39:

     Experimentally the magnetic moment is usually given in units of emu/g, emu/cm3 or emu/mole.

Etymology 3

See emulator.

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. (computing, video games, informal) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Abbreviation of emulator.
   • 2005, "Dane L. Galden at at", Could this be used for classic emus on GBA? (on newsgroup rec.games.video.classic)

     Saw this article for playing downloadable games on GBA. It's an official Nintendo product in Japan, and thought it might be useful for Nintendo to release actual emus and some of their older game properties (beyond the $20 classic series).

Anagrams

• MEU, Ume, meu, mue, ume

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Czech

Noun

1. emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)

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Esperanto

Verb

emu

1. imperative of emi

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Finnish

Noun

emu

1. emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only extant species in its genus)

Declension

Inflection of emu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		emu	emut
genitive		emun	emujen
partitive		emua	emuja
illative		emuun	emuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		emu	emut
accusative	nom.	emu	emut
	gen.	emun
genitive		emun	emujen
partitive		emua	emuja
inessive		emussa	emuissa
elative		emusta	emuista
illative		emuun	emuihin
adessive		emulla	emuilla
ablative		emulta	emuilta
allative		emulle	emuille
essive		emuna	emuina
translative		emuksi	emuiksi
abessive		emutta	emuitta
instructive		—	emuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of emu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative emuni emuni accusative nom. emuni emuni gen. emuni genitive emuni emujeni partitive emuani emujani inessive emussani emuissani elative emustani emuistani illative emuuni emuihini adessive emullani emuillani ablative emultani emuiltani allative emulleni emuilleni essive emunani emuinani translative emukseni emuikseni abessive emuttani emuittani instructive — — comitative — emuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative emusi emusi accusative nom. emusi emusi gen. emusi genitive emusi emujesi partitive emuasi emujasi inessive emussasi emuissasi elative emustasi emuistasi illative emuusi emuihisi adessive emullasi emuillasi ablative emultasi emuiltasi allative emullesi emuillesi essive emunasi emuinasi translative emuksesi emuiksesi abessive emuttasi emuittasi instructive — — comitative — emuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative emumme emumme accusative nom. emumme emumme gen. emumme genitive emumme emujemme partitive emuamme emujamme inessive emussamme emuissamme elative emustamme emuistamme illative emuumme emuihimme adessive emullamme emuillamme ablative emultamme emuiltamme allative emullemme emuillemme essive emunamme emuinamme translative emuksemme emuiksemme abessive emuttamme emuittamme instructive — — comitative — emuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative emunne emunne accusative nom. emunne emunne gen. emunne genitive emunne emujenne partitive emuanne emujanne inessive emussanne emuissanne elative emustanne emuistanne illative emuunne emuihinne adessive emullanne emuillanne ablative emultanne emuiltanne allative emullenne emuillenne essive emunanne emuinanne translative emuksenne emuiksenne abessive emuttanne emuittanne instructive — — comitative — emuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative emunsa emunsa accusative nom. emunsa emunsa gen. emunsa genitive emunsa emujensa partitive emuaan emuansa emujaan emujansa inessive emussaan emussansa emuissaan emuissansa elative emustaan emustansa emuistaan emuistansa illative emuunsa emuihinsa adessive emullaan emullansa emuillaan emuillansa ablative emultaan emultansa emuiltaan emuiltansa allative emulleen emullensa emuilleen emuillensa essive emunaan emunansa emuinaan emuinansa translative emukseen emuksensa emuikseen emuiksensa abessive emuttaan emuttansa emuittaan emuittansa instructive — — comitative — emuineen emuinensa

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Galician

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

1. emu

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛmu]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: e‧mu

Noun

emu (plural emuk)

1. emu

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	emu	emuk
accusative	emut	emukat
dative	emunak	emuknak
instrumental	emuval	emukkal
causal-final	emuért	emukért
translative	emuvá	emukká
terminative	emuig	emukig
essive-formal	emuként	emukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	emuban	emukban
superessive	emun	emukon
adessive	emunál	emuknál
illative	emuba	emukba
sublative	emura	emukra
allative	emuhoz	emukhoz
elative	emuból	emukból
delative	emuról	emukról
ablative	emutól	emuktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	emué	emuké
non-attributive possessive - plural	emuéi	emukéi

Possessive forms of emu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	emum	emuim
2nd person sing.	emud	emuid
3rd person sing.	emuje	emui
1st person plural	emunk	emuink
2nd person plural	emutök	emuitek
3rd person plural	emujük	emuik

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Japanese

Romanization

emu

1. Rōmaji transcription of えむ
2. Rōmaji transcription of エム

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English emu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese ema (“rhea”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /e.ˈmu/

Noun

emu m (plural s)

1. emu

Related terms

• ema, avestruz

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Swedish

Noun

emu c

1. an emu

Declension

Declension of emu
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	emu	emun	emuer	emuerna
Genitive	emus	emuns	emuers	emuernas