kitu

See also: киту

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkitu/, [ˈkit̪u]
• Rhymes: -itu
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧tu

Etymology 1

From the verb kitua (“to languish, wither”)

Prefix

kitu

1. stunted

   kitupuu ― stunted tree

Derived terms

• kituhämäkkä
• kitukasvuinen
• kitukuusi
• kitukääpä
• kitulias
• kitumaa
• kitumänty
• kitupellava
• kitupiikki
• kitupoltto
• kitupuu
• kituyökkönen

 

Etymology 2

Noun

kitu

1. (dialectal) Synonym of kitku

Declension

Inflection of kitu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		kitu	kidut
genitive		kidun	kitujen
partitive		kitua	kituja
illative		kituun	kituihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kitu	kidut
accusative	nom.	kitu	kidut
	gen.	kidun
genitive		kidun	kitujen
partitive		kitua	kituja
inessive		kidussa	kiduissa
elative		kidusta	kiduista
illative		kituun	kituihin
adessive		kidulla	kiduilla
ablative		kidulta	kiduilta
allative		kidulle	kiduille
essive		kituna	kituina
translative		kiduksi	kiduiksi
instructive		—	kiduin
abessive		kidutta	kiduitta
comitative		—	kituineen

Possessive forms of kitu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kituni	kitumme
2nd person	kitusi	kitunne
3rd person	kitunsa

Anagrams

• itku, kuti, tiku, tuki, ukit

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Ibanag

Noun

kitu

1. dog

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/
• Rhymes: -itu
• Syllabification: ki‧tu

Noun

kitu m inan

1. genitive singular of kit

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kitu (Cyrillic spelling киту)

1. accusative singular of kita

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

kitu (ki-vi class, plural vitu)

1. thing (a separate entity)

See also

• jambo (used for abstract things)

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Yámana

Pronoun

kitu

1. he/she/it