Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈilmu/, [ˈʔɪlmʊ]
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun edit

ílmu m (singulative ilmóyta m or ilmónta m or ilmoytá f or ilmontá f)

  1. (collective) bastards (illegitimate children)

Declension edit

Declension of ílmu
absolutive ílmu
predicative ílmu
subjective ilmí
genitive ilmí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ílmul
k-case ílmuk
t-case ílmut
h-case ílmuh

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ilmu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Estonian edit

Noun edit

ilmu

  1. partitive plural of ilma

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay ilmu, from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪlmu]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun edit

ilmu (plural ilmu-ilmu, first-person possessive ilmuku, second-person possessive ilmumu, third-person possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge
    Synonym: pengetahuan
  2. science
    Synonym: sains

Usage notes edit

The word is commonly used in loan translation for Dutch -kunde and Dutch wetenschap.

Affixed terms edit

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

Livvi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *ilma. Cognate with Finnish ilma and Estonian ilm.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ilmu

  1. air
  2. atmosphere
  3. the world

Declension edit

Declension of ilmu (Type 3/jalgu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ilmu ilmat
genitive ilman ilmoin
partitive ilmua ilmoi
illative ilmah ilmoih
inessive ilmas ilmois
elative ilmaspäi ilmoispäi
allative ilmale ilmoile
adessive ilmal ilmoil
ablative ilmalpäi ilmoilpäi
translative ilmakse ilmoikse
essive ilmannu ilmoinnu
abessive ilmattah ilmoittah
comitative ilmanke ilmoinke
instructive ilmoin
prolative ilmači

References edit

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 76

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ilmu (Jawi spelling علمو, plural ilmu-ilmu, informal 1st possessive ilmuku, 2nd possessive ilmumu, 3rd possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge, learning, science

Further reading edit