etu

See also: ETU and etu-

Finnish

Etymology

Derived from esi- (“pre-”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe̞t̪u]
• Hyphenation: e‧tu

Noun

etu

1. advantage
2. benefit, interest

Declension

Inflection of etu (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		etu	edut
genitive		edun	etujen
partitive		etua	etuja
illative		etuun	etuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		etu	edut
accusative	nom.	etu	edut
	gen.	edun
genitive		edun	etujen
partitive		etua	etuja
inessive		edussa	eduissa
elative		edusta	eduista
illative		etuun	etuihin
adessive		edulla	eduilla
ablative		edulta	eduilta
allative		edulle	eduille
essive		etuna	etuina
translative		eduksi	eduiksi
instructive		—	eduin
abessive		edutta	eduitta
comitative		—	etuineen

Antonyms

• (advantage): haitta

Derived terms

Derived terms

• edullinen
• edustaa
• etujärjestö

• etupiiri
• eturistiriita
• talon etu

See also

• etu-

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Anagrams

• tue

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Swahili

Adjective

-etu (declinable)

1. our (first-person plural possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -etu

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	wetu	wetu
M-mi class	wetu	yetu
Ma class	letu	yetu
Ki-vi class	chetu	vyetu
N class	yetu	zetu
U class	wetu	zetu
Pa class	petu	petu
Ku class	kwetu	kwetu
Mu class	mwetu	mwetu

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-etu
2nd person			-ako	-enu
3rd person			-ake	-ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

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Tetum

Noun

etu

1. rice (either cooked or being cooked)

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Umbundu

Pronoun

etu

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first-person	ame	etu
second-person	ove	ene
third-person	eye	ovo