limu
See also: Lìmù
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈli.mu/
Noun edit
limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)
- (Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 158:
- The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
limu (colloquial, dialectal)
- (Southern Finland) soft drink; fizzy drink (UK); soda, soda pop (US) (carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink)
Declension edit
Inflection of limu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | limu | limut | ||
genitive | limun | limujen | ||
partitive | limua | limuja | ||
illative | limuun | limuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | limu | limut | ||
accusative | nom. | limu | limut | |
gen. | limun | |||
genitive | limun | limujen | ||
partitive | limua | limuja | ||
inessive | limussa | limuissa | ||
elative | limusta | limuista | ||
illative | limuun | limuihin | ||
adessive | limulla | limuilla | ||
ablative | limulta | limuilta | ||
allative | limulle | limuille | ||
essive | limuna | limuina | ||
translative | limuksi | limuiksi | ||
abessive | limutta | limuitta | ||
instructive | — | limuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- virvoitusjuoma
- (colloquial) limppari, limsa
- limonaati
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “limu”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).
Noun edit
limu
Sikaiana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *rimu.
Noun edit
limu
Tboli edit
Numeral edit
limu