sinu
Brooke's Point Palawano edit
Pronoun edit
sinu
- (interrogative) who
Estonian edit
Pronoun edit
sinu
- genitive of sina
- accusative of sina
Fijian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *sinu, cognate with Maori hinu and Hawaiian hinu both meaning "oil, fat, grease".
Noun edit
sinu
- unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sinu
- Phaleria disperma, a kind of shrub.
References edit
Iban edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sinu
- sad
- Sinu iya ― He is sad
Verb edit
sinu
Latin edit
Noun edit
sinū
References edit
- sinu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sinu
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sinu f
Declension edit
Declension of sinu (strong wō-stem)
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Determiner edit
sīnu
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
sinu (Cyrillic spelling сину)
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Old Galician-Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Noun edit
sinu
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of sí inú (“towards the inside”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
sínú
- into; in
- Bá mi kódọ̀tí sínú apẹ̀rẹ̀. ― Help me pack the rubbish into the bin.
- Ta ló jù ú sínú odò? ― Who threw it into the river?
Usage notes edit
- used when movement is implied, when no movement is implied nínú is used.