etu
Translingual
editSymbol
editetu
See also
editAinu
editPronunciation
editNoun
editetu (Kana spelling エトゥ)
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *etu. Equivalent to 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, perhaps already in Proto-Finnic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editetu
- advantage
- benefit, interest [with elative ‘from’ and allative ‘who or what benefits’]
- Synonym: hyöty
- (dated or dialectal) the area in front of something
- (dated or dialectal) front (of something)
Declension
editInflection 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 | |
abessive | edutta | eduitta | |
instructive | — | eduin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “advantage”): haitta
Derived terms
edit- asemaetu
- asuntoetu
- autoetu
- edunjättäjä
- edunpalautus
- edunsaaja
- eduntasoitus
- edunvalvoja
- edunvalvonta
- erikoisetu
- etuasema
- etujärjestö
- etukortti
- etuosake
- etuosto
- etupiiri
- eturiita
- eturistiriita
- eturyhmä
- etuseteli
- etutasapaino
- etuvastakohta
- etuyhtymä
- harvaetuhampaiset
- henkilökuntaetu
- ilmaisetu
- jäsenetu
- kanta-asiakasetu
- kauppaetu
- kehitysetu
- keskietu
- kilpailuetu
- kokonaisetu
- kotikenttäetu
- lisäetu
- luontaisetu
- luontoisetu
- materiaalietu
- mittakaavaetu
- omaneduntavoittelija
- palkkaetu
- sosiaalietu
- synergiaetu
- talon etu
- tilaetu
- työsuhde-etu
See also
editReferences
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][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editIsoko
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Edoid *U-thu. Perhaps a distant cognate of Yoruba ètú.
Noun
editetu (plural itu)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editetu f (definite singular eto, indefinite plural etur, definite plural etune)
Anagrams
editOld Norse
editNoun
editetu
Pali
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editetu
- third-person singular imperative active of eti (“to come”)
Swahili
editPronunciation
editAdjective
edit-etu (declinable)
- our (first-person plural possessive adjective)
Inflection
editNoun class | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
m-wa class(I/II) | wetu | wetu |
m-mi class(III/IV) | wetu | yetu |
ji-ma class(V/VI) | letu | yetu |
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | chetu | vyetu |
n class(IX/X) | yetu | zetu |
u class(XI) | wetu | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
pa class(XVI) | petu | |
ku class(XVII) | kwetu | |
mu class(XVIII) | mwetu |
See also
editTetum
editNoun
editetu
- rice (either cooked or being cooked)
Umbundu
editPronoun
editetu
- we (first-person plural pronoun)
See also
editYoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editCompare with Olukumi ẹtú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *V-tú, *è-tú, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *V-tú. May either be cognate with Àhàn atu, or Ahan may have borrowed this term from Ekiti
Pronunciation
editNoun
editètú
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Yoruba *e-tu, from Proto-Edekiri *e-tu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-tu
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editetu
- (Ekiti) duiker; (in particular) Maxwell's duiker
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editProposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-tù
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editetù
Etymology 4
editPronunciation
editNoun
editetù
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-3
- Ainu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ainu lemmas
- Ainu nouns
- ain:Anatomy
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms prefixed with esi-
- Finnish terms suffixed with -u
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/etu
- Rhymes:Finnish/etu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish dialectal terms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish 3-letter words
- Isoko terms inherited from Proto-Edoid
- Isoko terms derived from Proto-Edoid
- Isoko lemmas
- Isoko nouns
- iso:Headwear
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Landsmål
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- Tetum lemmas
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- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba
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- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri
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- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Ekiti Yoruba
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- yo:Birds
- yo:Weapons
- yo:Even-toed ungulates
- yo:Headwear