olu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "olu"
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ólu m
References edit
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Amaimon edit
Noun edit
olu
Further reading edit
- Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)
Bambara edit
Pronoun edit
olu
See also edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)
- existence
- essence
- circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)
Declension edit
Declension of olu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | olu | olud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | olu | ||
genitive | olude | ||
partitive | olu | olusid | |
illative | ollu olusse |
oludesse | |
inessive | olus | oludes | |
elative | olust | oludest | |
allative | olule | oludele | |
adessive | olul | oludel | |
ablative | olult | oludelt | |
translative | oluks | oludeks | |
terminative | oluni | oludeni | |
essive | oluna | oludena | |
abessive | oluta | oludeta | |
comitative | oluga | oludega |
Ido edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Based on ilu (“he, him”) and elu (“she, her”) + -u (“denoting a person”).
Pronoun edit
olu (plural oli)
Derived terms edit
- oli (“they, them”) (neuter)
Related terms edit
See also edit
Personal pronouns in Ido
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
Notes | |||||||
The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. |
Igala edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-lũ or Proto-Yoruboid *o-rũ. Cognate with Yoruba oorun
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ólu
Derived terms edit
References edit
- John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Latvian edit
Noun edit
olu f
- inflection of ola:
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ôlu
- this; class 11 proximal demonstrative.
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- elú (Ifẹ̀)
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Igala ónú and Itsekiri olú
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olú
- leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero
- A common prefix for Yoruba given names and surnames, see Olú
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Not related to Igala óru (which instead is cognate with Yoruba osun, esunsun). Unclear if this etymology is related to Etymology 1. Possibly related to Igbo eru
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olú
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
òlú