damu

See also: Damu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin damnum (“damage, injury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /damu/ [d̪a.mu]
• Rhymes: -amu, -u
• Hyphenation: da‧mu

Noun

damu inan

1. regret

Declension

Declension of damu (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	damu	damua	damuak	damuok
ergative	damuk	damuak	damuek	damuok
dative	damuri	damuari	damuei	damuoi
genitive	damuren	damuaren	damuen	damuon
comitative	damurekin	damuarekin	damuekin	damuokin
causative	damurengatik	damuarengatik	damuengatik	damuongatik
benefactive	damurentzat	damuarentzat	damuentzat	damuontzat
instrumental	damuz	damuaz	damuez	damuotaz
inessive	damutan	damuan	damuetan	damuotan
locative	damutako	damuko	damuetako	damuotako
allative	damutara	damura	damuetara	damuotara
terminative	damutaraino	damuraino	damuetaraino	damuotaraino
directive	damutarantz	damurantz	damuetarantz	damuotarantz
destinative	damutarako	damurako	damuetarako	damuotarako
ablative	damutatik	damutik	damuetatik	damuotatik
partitive	damurik	—	—	—
prolative	damutzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “damu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “damu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Fijian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The noun sense is derived from the fish’s reddish colouration.

Adjective

damu

1. brown, dull red, auburn, russet (brownish-red colour)

   Sa damu na nona ulu.

   His/her hair is auburn.

Noun

damu

1. red snapper, particularly:

   Synonyms: bati, batidamu

   Era qoliva na damu mai na uciwai.

   They caught red snapper from the river mouth.

   1. mangrove red snapper, mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
   2. two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)

Usage notes

Contrasts with brighter, more saturated red shades of damudamu.

Derived terms

• balu damusa (“rosy-cheeked”)
• batidamu (“ted snapper”)
• damudamu (“red, reddish”)
• damusa (“pink, rosy, sunburnt”)
• ulu damu (“person with auburn/orange-tinted hair”) (idiom)
• wa damu (“field dodder, golden dodder (Cuscuta campestris or Decalobanthus peltatus)”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “damu”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 59

Japanese

Romanization

damu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ダム

Kavalan

Noun

damu

1. tribe

Mwani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”).

Noun

damu

1. blood

Old Irish

Noun

damu

1. alternative form of daumu

Mutation

Mutation of damu

radical	lenition	nasalization
damu	damu pronounced with /ð-/	ndamu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɗɑ.mu/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

damu class IX (plural damu class X)

1. blood
2. menstruation

   Synonyms: hedhi, mwezi

Descendants

• → English: damu