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anu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anu"

Afar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʌˈnu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧nu

Pronoun

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anú

  1. I
    Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

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Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Anguthimri

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Noun

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anu

  1. (Mpakwithi) hip

References

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  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin anus.

Noun

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anu m (plural anos)

  1. (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)
  2. (Western Asturias) Alternative form of añu
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Aymara

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Noun

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anu

  1. dog

Chibcha

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Noun

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anu

  1. medium house, house smaller than the main one.

References

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  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

Noun

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anu

  1. year
  2. birthday

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Maori anu and Tahitian anu.

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Verb

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anu

  1. (stative) to be cold

Derived terms

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Iban

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

Pronoun

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anu

  1. something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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anu

  1. to scold; to express anger
  2. to kill

Indonesian

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Noun

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anu (first-person possessive anuku, second-person possessive anumu, third-person possessive anunya)

  1. something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, thingamajig
  2. (slang) genital organ

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Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese ano.

Noun

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anu

  1. (Sotavento) year

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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anū

  1. ablative singular of anus

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

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Noun

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anu (Jawi spelling انو, plural anu-anu, informal 1st possessive anuku, 2nd possessive anumu, 3rd possessive anunya)

  1. Someone or something whose name is not mentioned (on purpose, due to forgetting, etc.).
    si anu ― the (unknown) person
    hajat anu ― an unknown wish
  2. (mathematics) An unknown quantity or variable; an unknown.
    Dalam kiraan ini, 't' merupakan sebuah anu yang mewakili tinggi seorang pelajar.
    In this calculation, 't' is an unknown that stands for a student's height.

Pronoun

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anu (Jawi spelling انو)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of itu.
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Further reading

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  • “anu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-nu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maori

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Noun

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anu

  1. cold

Further reading

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  • “anu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Matal

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Pronoun

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anu

  1. we, us (first-person plural pronoun)
    Sufəl gulo, delga kà anu la abanay (Mark 9:5).[1]
    My Lord, [it is] good that we [are] here(Mark 9:5)
    Musa atsetsèr à anu mapəhay uwanay (Luka 20:28).[2]
    Moses wrote to us saying this (Luke 20:28)

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  1. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Mark/9
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luka/20

Old Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

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anu (plural enuein)

  1. name

Descendants

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  • Middle Welsh: enw

Pitjantjatjara

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Verb

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anu

  1. past of ananyi (“go”): went, left

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi anũ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧nu

Noun

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anu m (plural anus)

  1. ani (bird)

Descendants

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  • →? English: ani

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English hand.

Noun

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anu

  1. hand
  2. arm
  3. handful
  4. money that is paid out to the participants of a kasmoni

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “anu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Tarifit

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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anu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, plural anuten, diminutive tanut)

  1. pit, well

Declension

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Declension of anu
Singular Plural
Free state anu anuten
Construct state wanu wanuten

Volapük

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Adverb

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anu

  1. At this moment (now).
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