isu
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
isu (plural isu)
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Alcozauca Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.
Noun edit
isu
References edit
- Stark C., Sharon (Sara), Audrey (Andrea) Johnson P. and Benita González de Guzmán (compilers) (1999) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Xochapa, Guerrero[1], 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *iso.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
isu (genitive isu, partitive isu)
Declension edit
Declension of isu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | isu | isud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | isu | ||
genitive | isude | ||
partitive | isu | isusid | |
illative | issu isusse |
isudesse | |
inessive | isus | isudes | |
elative | isust | isudest | |
allative | isule | isudele | |
adessive | isul | isudel | |
ablative | isult | isudelt | |
translative | isuks | isudeks | |
terminative | isuni | isudeni | |
essive | isuna | isudena | |
abessive | isuta | isudeta | |
comitative | isuga | isudega |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “isu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *i and Proto-Austronesian *su. Compare Pangasinan so.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
isú
- Third-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; he, she, him, her, it
- Synonym: isuna
- Mapanak no isu ti mapan. ― I will go if he/she goes.
- the same, the identical thing, the one
- Synonym: isuna
- No asino ti agkadutdot, isu ti agkakuyog.
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- (literally, “Whoever has the same feathers, the same go together.”)
Usage notes edit
- This pronoun does not have an absolutive enclitic form. It is optional to add the pronoun (where grammatical) for clarification.
- Rumuar. ― (He/she/it) went out.
- Rumuar isu. ― He/she/it went out.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Person | Number | Absolutive | Ergative | Oblique | Possessive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disjunctive | Enclitic | Enclitic3 | bági form | kukua form | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First | singular | siak | -ak | -ko, -k | kaniak | bagik | kukuak, kuak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dual | data, sita1 | -ta | kaniata, kadata | bagita | kukuata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
plural inclusive | datayo, sitayo1 | -tayo, -tay | kaniatayo, kadatayo | bagitayo | kukuatayo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
plural exclusive | dakami, sikami1 | -kami, -kam | -mi | kaniami, kadakami | bagimi | kukuami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second | singular | sika | -ka | -mo, -m | kaniam, kenka | bagim | kukuam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
plural | dakayo, sikayo1 | -kayo, -kay | -yo | kaniayo, kadakayo | bagiyo | kukuayo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third | singular | isu, isuna | Ø2 | -na | kaniana, kenkuana | bagina | kukuana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
plural | isuda | -da | kaniada, kadakuada | bagida | kukuada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fused enclitics
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English issue, from Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
isu (first-person possessive isuku, second-person possessive isumu, third-person possessive isunya)
- issue: any question or situation to be resolved.
- (colloquial) rumor, rumour: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- Synonyms: desas-desus, kabar angin
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “isu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
isu
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
isu
Mansaka edit
Noun edit
isù
San Juan Colorado Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.
Noun edit
isù
References edit
- Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19
Tuvaluan edit
Noun edit
isu
Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.
Noun edit
isu
References edit
- Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca[3] (in Mixtec and Spanish), third edition, 2014, page 11
Yoruba edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
isu
- (chiefly NWY) Alternative form of iṣu (“yam”)
Yosondúa Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.
Noun edit
isu
References edit
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)[4] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 11
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ī́su class 5 (plural amásu class 6)
- means, method
- Synonym: icebo
- plan of action, scheme, strategy
- Synonym: icebo
- recipe
- Synonym: iresiphi
Inflection edit
Class 5/6 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | isu | amasu | ||
Locative | eswini | emaswini | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | isu | amasu | ||
Simple form | lisu | masu | ||
Locative | eswini | emaswini | ||
Copulative | yisu | ngamasu | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wesu | owesu | wamasu | owamasu |
Class 2 | besu | abesu | bamasu | abamasu |
Class 3 | wesu | owesu | wamasu | owamasu |
Class 4 | yesu | eyesu | yamasu | eyamasu |
Class 5 | lesu | elesu | lamasu | elamasu |
Class 6 | esu | awesu | amasu | awamasu |
Class 7 | sesu | esesu | samasu | esamasu |
Class 8 | zesu | ezesu | zamasu | ezamasu |
Class 9 | yesu | eyesu | yamasu | eyamasu |
Class 10 | zesu | ezesu | zamasu | ezamasu |
Class 11 | lwesu | olwesu | lwamasu | olwamasu |
Class 14 | besu | obesu | bamasu | obamasu |
Class 15 | kwesu | okwesu | kwamasu | okwamasu |
Class 17 | kwesu | okwesu | kwamasu | okwamasu |
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-su”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-su (3.2.9)”