nisu

See also: ñisu

Asturian

Noun

nisu f (plural nisos)

1. plum (fruit)

Synonyms

• cirigüeyu
• ciruela
• ñisu

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nisu. Cognate to Finnish nisu and Livvi nižu.

Noun

nisu (genitive nisu, partitive nisu)

1. wheat

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	nisu	nisud
accusative	nisu	nisud
genitive	nisu	nisude
partitive	nisu	nisusid
illative	nissu nisusse	nisudesse
inessive	nisus	nisudes
elative	nisust	nisudest
allative	nisule	nisudele
adessive	nisul	nisudel
ablative	nisult	nisudelt
translative	nisuks	nisudeks
terminative	nisuni	nisudeni
essive	nisuna	nisudena
abessive	nisuta	nisudeta
comitative	nisuga	nisudega

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nisu. Related to nisä, Estonian nisu, Livonian ni’zzõz, Veps ńižu and Votic nisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnisu/, [ˈnis̠u]
• Rhymes: -isu
• Syllabification: ni‧su

Noun

nisu

1. (dialectal) wheat
2. (dialectal, including American Finnish) something baked of wheat, particularly traditional cardamom sweet bread, such as pulla

Declension

Inflection of nisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		nisu	nisut
genitive		nisun	nisujen
partitive		nisua	nisuja
illative		nisuun	nisuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nisu	nisut
accusative	nom.	nisu	nisut
	gen.	nisun
genitive		nisun	nisujen
partitive		nisua	nisuja
inessive		nisussa	nisuissa
elative		nisusta	nisuista
illative		nisuun	nisuihin
adessive		nisulla	nisuilla
ablative		nisulta	nisuilta
allative		nisulle	nisuille
essive		nisuna	nisuina
translative		nisuksi	nisuiksi
instructive		—	nisuin
abessive		nisutta	nisuitta
comitative		—	nisuineen

Possessive forms of nisu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	nisuni	nisumme
2nd person	nisusi	nisunne
3rd person	nisunsa

Synonyms

• (wheat): vehnä
• (something baked of wheat): nisunen, vehnänen, vehnäleipä

Anagrams

• suin

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Japanese

Romanization

nisu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ニス

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Latin

Noun

nīsū

1. ablative singular of nīsus

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnisuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *nisōn.

Noun

nisu

1. woman

Inflection

Odd, ss-s gradation
Nominative	nisu
Genitive	nissona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nisu	nissonat
Accusative	nissona	nissoniid
Genitive	nissona	nissoniid
Illative	nissonii	nissoniidda
Locative	nissonis	nissoniin
Comitative	nissoniin	nissoniiguin
Essive	nisun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nissonan nissoneamẹ nissoneamẹt 2nd person nissonat nissoneattẹ nissoneattẹt 3rd person nissonis nissoneaskkạ nissoneasẹt

Derived terms

• nissonolmmoš

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nisu

1. (often in the plural) wheat

Inflection

Odd, ss-s gradation
Nominative	nisu
Genitive	nissona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nisu	nissonat
Accusative	nissona	nissoniid
Genitive	nissona	nissoniid
Illative	nissonii	nissoniidda
Locative	nissonis	nissoniin
Comitative	nissoniin	nissoniiguin
Essive	nisun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nissonan nissoneamẹ nissoneamẹt 2nd person nissonat nissoneattẹ nissoneattẹt 3rd person nissonis nissoneaskkạ nissoneasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Standard Montenegrin) nijèsu
• (regional, chiefly Serbia) nésu
• (historical, regional) nijésu

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *sǫtь, first-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation was kept in Old Church Slavonic as не сѫтъ (ne sǫtŭ) (see бꙑти (byti)). However, in other South Slavic vernaculars, this form irregularly later created něsu (attested in 1334), probably influenced by něsam (see nisam). Because of the yat reflex, něsu became rendered as nisu in Ikavian speeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǐːsu/
• Hyphenation: ni‧su

Verb

nísu (Cyrillic spelling ни́су)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia) negative third-person plural present of biti

References

• “nisu” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “jesam”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 606