ihu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iho. Cognate with Finnish iho (“skin”).

Noun

ihu (genitive ihu, partitive ihu)

1. flesh, body, skin

Declension

Declension of ihu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ihu	ihud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ihu
genitive			ihude
partitive		ihu	ihusid
illative		ihhu ihusse	ihudesse
inessive		ihus	ihudes
elative		ihust	ihudest
allative		ihule	ihudele
adessive		ihul	ihudel
ablative		ihult	ihudelt
translative		ihuks	ihudeks
terminative		ihuni	ihudeni
essive		ihuna	ihudena
abessive		ihuta	ihudeta
comitative		ihuga	ihudega

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *icu (compare Fijian ucu and ucuna, Samoan isu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ (compare Tagalog ilong, Malay hidung), *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.

Noun

ihu

1. nose (organ of the face)
2. snout, trunk (of an elephant)
3. beak, bill
4. prow of a boat

Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *icu (compare Fijian ucu and ucuna, Samoan isu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ (compare Tagalog ilong, Malay hidung), *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.

Noun

ihu

1. nose (organ of the face)
2. prow of a boat

Further reading

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

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ihv

Proper noun

ihu m

1. Abbreviation of Ihesu (“Jesus”).

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *icu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ, *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.

Noun

ihu

1. nose (organ of the face)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *icu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ, *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.

Noun

ihu

1. nose (organ of the face)

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronoun

ihu

1. you (personal pronoun)