lanu
Anguthimri edit
Noun edit
lanu
- (Mpakwithi) sea
References edit
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Old Frisian lane, lone, lona, Old Saxon lana, Old Norse lǫn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lanu f
Declension edit
Declension of lanu (strong ō-stem)
Descendants edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
lanu
Tokelauan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tongan lanu and Samoan lanu.
Noun edit
lanu
Verb edit
lanu
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Tongan anu and Samoan lanu.
Verb edit
lanu
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Hawaiian nalu and Samoan lanu.
Noun edit
lanu
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 180
Tongan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tokelauan lanu and Samoan lanu.
Noun edit
lanu