litu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
lit- + -u, probably of the same origin as litistää, litteä (compare litussa, littuun); the ungeminated -t- instead of -tt- may be influence from litukka or lituska, or even itu (“sprout”). The word was given its current botanical sense by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in his Flora Fennica from 1860, prior to which the word mainly meant "thin, semi-ripe (pea) pod".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
litu
- (botany) silique, siliqua (long – length more than twice the width – fruit of a cruciferous plant)
- (botany) silicle, silicula, silicule (short silique)
Declension edit
Inflection of litu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | litu | lidut | ||
genitive | lidun | litujen | ||
partitive | litua | lituja | ||
illative | lituun | lituihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | litu | lidut | ||
accusative | nom. | litu | lidut | |
gen. | lidun | |||
genitive | lidun | litujen | ||
partitive | litua | lituja | ||
inessive | lidussa | liduissa | ||
elative | lidusta | liduista | ||
illative | lituun | lituihin | ||
adessive | lidulla | liduilla | ||
ablative | lidulta | liduilta | ||
allative | lidulle | liduille | ||
essive | lituna | lituina | ||
translative | liduksi | liduiksi | ||
abessive | lidutta | liduitta | ||
instructive | — | liduin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “litu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
litu
Latin edit
Verb edit
litū
Lingala edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
litu class 9 (plural litu class 10, colloquial plural balitu class 2)
Old Norse edit
Verb edit
litu
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
litu m inan
Yosondúa Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish cabrito.
Noun edit
litu
- kid (young goat)
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)[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45