limu
See also: Lìmù
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian limu, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut.
Noun
limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)
- (Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 158:
- The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 158:
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
limu
Declension
Inflection of limu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | limu | limut | ||
genitive | limun | limujen | ||
partitive | limua | limuja | ||
illative | limuun | limuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | limu | limut | ||
accusative | nom. | limu | limut | |
gen. | limun | |||
genitive | limun | limujen | ||
partitive | limua | limuja | ||
inessive | limussa | limuissa | ||
elative | limusta | limuista | ||
illative | limuun | limuihin | ||
adessive | limulla | limuilla | ||
ablative | limulta | limuilta | ||
allative | limulle | limuille | ||
essive | limuna | limuina | ||
translative | limuksi | limuiksi | ||
abessive | limutta | limuitta | ||
instructive | — | limuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).
Noun
limu
- moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)
Sikaiana
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *rimu.
Noun
limu
Tboli
Numeral
limu
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian
- English terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- English terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- English terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- English terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Hawaiian English
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Beverages
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Sikaiana terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Sikaiana terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Sikaiana lemmas
- Sikaiana nouns
- Tboli lemmas
- Tboli numerals
- Tboli cardinal numbers