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See also: IMU
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
imu (plural imus)
- A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Aisi[edit]
Noun[edit]
imu
Further reading[edit]
- 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)
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From imema (“to suck”) + -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.
Noun[edit]
imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb imeä (“to suck”) + -u.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
imu
- suction
- 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.
- Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.
- slipstream
Declension[edit]
Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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[edit]
- (undertow): paluuvirtaus
Derived terms[edit]
Hawaiian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
imu
- A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun[edit]
imu (imu)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Yámana[edit]
Noun[edit]
imu
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
imú
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English three-letter words
- Aisi lemmas
- Aisi nouns
- Estonian words suffixed with -u
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian elu-type nominals
- Finnish words suffixed with -u
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/imu
- Rhymes:Finnish/imu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish three-letter words
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon pronouns
- Yámana lemmas
- Yámana nouns
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- yo:Body parts
- yo:Anatomy
- yo:Face