imu

See also: IMU and imü

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu

Noun

imu (plural imus)

1. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

See also

• kalua
• kalua pig

Anagrams

• -ium, MUI, Miu, Mui, UIM

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Aisi

Noun

imu

1. louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (as imʉ)
• Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist, as imu)

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Estonian

Etymology

From imema (“to suck”) +‎ -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.

Noun

imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)

1. suction, sucking

Declension

Inflection of imu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	imu	imud
accusative	imu	imud
genitive	imu	imude
partitive	imu	imusid
illative	immu imusse	imudesse
inessive	imus	imudes
elative	imust	imudest
allative	imule	imudele
adessive	imul	imudel
ablative	imult	imudelt
translative	imuks	imudeks
terminative	imuni	imudeni
essive	imuna	imudena
abessive	imuta	imudeta
comitative	imuga	imudega

Synonyms

• imemine

Compounds

• rasvaimu

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Finnish

Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimu/, [ˈimu]
• Rhymes: -imu
• Syllabification: i‧mu

Noun

imu

1. suction
2. undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)

   Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.

   The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.

3. slipstream

Declension

Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		imu	imut
genitive		imun	imujen
partitive		imua	imuja
illative		imuun	imuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		imu	imut
accusative	nom.	imu	imut
	gen.	imun
genitive		imun	imujen
partitive		imua	imuja
inessive		imussa	imuissa
elative		imusta	imuista
illative		imuun	imuihin
adessive		imulla	imuilla
ablative		imulta	imuilta
allative		imulle	imuille
essive		imuna	imuina
translative		imuksi	imuiksi
instructive		—	imuin
abessive		imutta	imuitta
comitative		—	imuineen

Possessive forms of imu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	imuni	imumme
2nd person	imusi	imunne
3rd person	imunsa

Synonyms

• (undertow): paluuvirtaus

Derived terms

• imuke
• imukuppi

• imupaperi
• imuri

• imusolmuke
• imusuoni

• rasvaimu

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Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈi.mu]

Noun

imu

1. A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

imu (imu)

1. dative of hē: him; to him

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero		-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ime, eme, ome, gim, jum, um
  • Dutch Low Saxon: em, um
  • German Low German: em, äm
  • Plautdietsch: am

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Yámana

Noun

imu

1. father