imu
See also: IMU
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
imu (plural imus)
- A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Aisi edit
Noun edit
imu
Further reading edit
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (as imʉ)
- Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist, as imu)
Ede Idaca edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi, Yoruba imú, and Igala ímọ́
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
imú
References edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From imema (“to suck”) + -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.
Noun edit
imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)
Declension edit
Declension of imu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | imu | imud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | imu | ||
genitive | imude | ||
partitive | imu | imusid | |
illative | immu imusse |
imudesse | |
inessive | imus | imudes | |
elative | imust | imudest | |
allative | imule | imudele | |
adessive | imul | imudel | |
ablative | imult | imudelt | |
translative | imuks | imudeks | |
terminative | imuni | imudeni | |
essive | imuna | imudena | |
abessive | imuta | imudeta | |
comitative | imuga | imudega |
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From the verb imeä (“to suck”) + -u.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
imu
- suction
- undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)
- Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.
- The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.
- slipstream
Declension edit
Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | imu | imut | ||
genitive | imun | imujen | ||
partitive | imua | imuja | ||
illative | imuun | imuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | imu | imut | ||
accusative | nom. | imu | imut | |
gen. | imun | |||
genitive | imun | imujen | ||
partitive | imua | imuja | ||
inessive | imussa | imuissa | ||
elative | imusta | imuista | ||
illative | imuun | imuihin | ||
adessive | imulla | imuilla | ||
ablative | imulta | imuilta | ||
allative | imulle | imuille | ||
essive | imuna | imuina | ||
translative | imuksi | imuiksi | ||
abessive | imutta | imuitta | ||
instructive | — | imuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (undertow): paluuvirtaus
Derived terms edit
compounds
- hondurasinimujalkalepakko
- imuauto
- imubetoni
- imujalkalepakko
- imujuoksutin
- imujuuri
- imukaasu
- imukala
- imukarppi
- imukeräily
- imukeränen
- imukudos
- imukuppi
- imukyky
- imukärsä
- imulasi
- imumato
- imuneste
- imuohjaus
- imupaperi
- imupilli
- imupumppu
- imuputki
- imurauhanen
- imuruoppaaja
- imuruoppaus
- imusarja
- imusolmuke
- imusolu
- imusuoni
- imutahti
- imuventtiili
- isoimujalka
- juovaimubarbi
- madagaskarinimujalka
- rasvaimu
- vedenimukyky
Further reading edit
- “imu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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
Hawaiian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
imu
- A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun edit
imu (imu)
Declension edit
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants edit
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
imu
- (interrogative) who?
- imu ini? ― who are you?
- imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?
- imu madadi sangaji? ― who became the sangaji?
- imu ma? ― whose? (ma here follows West Makian vowel harmony)
References edit
Yámana edit
Noun edit
imu
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- ụmụ́ (Èkìtì)
Etymology edit
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
imú