etu
Ainu Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
etu (Kana spelling エトゥ)
Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
esi- + -u; originally "the area in front of something" (now all but confined to etu-), from which the other senses have developed through figurative use.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
etu
- advantage
- benefit, interest
- (dated or dialectal) the area in front of something
- (dated or dialectal) front (of something)
Declension Edit
Inflection of etu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | etu | edut | ||
genitive | edun | etujen | ||
partitive | etua | etuja | ||
illative | etuun | etuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | etu | edut | ||
accusative | nom. | etu | edut | |
gen. | edun | |||
genitive | edun | etujen | ||
partitive | etua | etuja | ||
inessive | edussa | eduissa | ||
elative | edusta | eduista | ||
illative | etuun | etuihin | ||
adessive | edulla | eduilla | ||
ablative | edulta | eduilta | ||
allative | edulle | eduille | ||
essive | etuna | etuina | ||
translative | eduksi | eduiksi | ||
instructive | — | eduin | ||
abessive | edutta | eduitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Antonyms Edit
- (advantage): haitta
Derived terms Edit
Derived terms
See also Edit
References Edit
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading Edit
- "etu" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Noun Edit
etu f (definite singular eto, indefinite plural etur, definite plural etune)
Anagrams Edit
Old Norse Edit
Noun Edit
etu
Pali Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Alternative forms
Verb Edit
etu
- third-person singular imperative active of eti (“to come”)
Swahili Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective Edit
-etu (declinable)
- our (first-person plural possessive adjective)
Inflection Edit
Inflected forms of -etu
See also Edit
Tetum Edit
Noun Edit
etu
- rice (either cooked or being cooked)
Umbundu Edit
Pronoun Edit
etu
- we (first-person plural pronoun)
See also Edit
Yoruba Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Compare with Olukumi ẹtú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *V-tú, *è-tú
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ètú
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Yoruba *e-tu, from Proto-Edekiri *e-tu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-tu
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
etu
- (Ekiti) duiker; (in particularly) Maxwell's duiker
Related terms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-tù
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
etù
Etymology 4 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
etù