ilu

See also: iłu and ìlú

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish ilo (“joy”).

Noun

ilu (genitive ilu, partitive ilu)

1. beauty

Declension

Declension of ilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ilu	ilud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ilu
genitive			ilude
partitive		ilu	ilusid
illative		illu ilusse	iludesse
inessive		ilus	iludes
elative		ilust	iludest
allative		ilule	iludele
adessive		ilul	iludel
ablative		ilult	iludelt
translative		iluks	iludeks
terminative		iluni	iludeni
essive		iluna	iludena
abessive		iluta	iludeta
comitative		iluga	iludega

Derived terms

• ilusalong

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Ido

Alternative forms

• il

Etymology

Borrowed from French il, from Vulgar Latin *illī, which is related to Classical Latin ille, +‎ -u (“denoting a person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

Pronoun

ilu (plural ili)

1. he, him

Derived terms

• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)

Related terms

• lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”)
• elu (“she, her”) (feminine)
• olu (“it”) (neuter)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

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Inuktitut

Noun

ilu

1. Latin spelling of ᐃᓗ (ilo)

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈiluː/

Noun

ilu

1. accusative/genitive singular of illu

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Spanish

Noun

ilu f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of ilusión

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Umbundu

Noun

ilu (needs class)

1. sky

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Westrobothnian

Adjective

1. changeful