nisu

See also: ñisu and nišū

Asturian

Noun

nisu f (plural nisos)

1. plum (fruit)

Synonyms

• cirigüeyu
• ciruela
• ñisu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nisu. Cognate to Finnish nisu and Livvi nižu.

Noun

nisu (genitive nisu, partitive nisu)

1. wheat

Declension

Declension of nisu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	nisu	nisud
accusative	nisu	nisud
genitive	nisu	nisude
partitive	nisu	nisusid
illative	nissu nisusse	nisudesse
inessive	nisus	nisudes
elative	nisust	nisudest
allative	nisule	nisudele
adessive	nisul	nisudel
ablative	nisult	nisudelt
translative	nisuks	nisudeks
terminative	nisuni	nisudeni
essive	nisuna	nisudena
abessive	nisuta	nisudeta
comitative	nisuga	nisudega

Derived terms

• nisujahu

 

Further reading

• nisu in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
• nisu in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• nisu in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• nisu in Sõnaveeb

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nisu. Related to nisä, Estonian nisu, Livonian ni’zzõz, Veps ńižu and Votic nisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnisu/, [ˈnis̠u]
• Rhymes: -isu
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧su

Noun

nisu

1. (dialectal) wheat
2. (dialectal, including American Finnish) something baked of wheat, particularly traditional cardamom sweet bread, such as pulla

Declension

Inflection of nisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		nisu	nisut
genitive		nisun	nisujen
partitive		nisua	nisuja
illative		nisuun	nisuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nisu	nisut
accusative	nom.	nisu	nisut
	gen.	nisun
genitive		nisun	nisujen
partitive		nisua	nisuja
inessive		nisussa	nisuissa
elative		nisusta	nisuista
illative		nisuun	nisuihin
adessive		nisulla	nisuilla
ablative		nisulta	nisuilta
allative		nisulle	nisuille
essive		nisuna	nisuina
translative		nisuksi	nisuiksi
instructive		—	nisuin
abessive		nisutta	nisuitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nisu (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nisuni nisuni accusative nom. nisuni nisuni gen. nisuni genitive nisuni nisujeni partitive nisuani nisujani inessive nisussani nisuissani elative nisustani nisuistani illative nisuuni nisuihini adessive nisullani nisuillani ablative nisultani nisuiltani allative nisulleni nisuilleni essive nisunani nisuinani translative nisukseni nisuikseni instructive — — abessive nisuttani nisuittani comitative — nisuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nisusi nisusi accusative nom. nisusi nisusi gen. nisusi genitive nisusi nisujesi partitive nisuasi nisujasi inessive nisussasi nisuissasi elative nisustasi nisuistasi illative nisuusi nisuihisi adessive nisullasi nisuillasi ablative nisultasi nisuiltasi allative nisullesi nisuillesi essive nisunasi nisuinasi translative nisuksesi nisuiksesi instructive — — abessive nisuttasi nisuittasi comitative — nisuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nisumme nisumme accusative nom. nisumme nisumme gen. nisumme genitive nisumme nisujemme partitive nisuamme nisujamme inessive nisussamme nisuissamme elative nisustamme nisuistamme illative nisuumme nisuihimme adessive nisullamme nisuillamme ablative nisultamme nisuiltamme allative nisullemme nisuillemme essive nisunamme nisuinamme translative nisuksemme nisuiksemme instructive — — abessive nisuttamme nisuittamme comitative — nisuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nisunne nisunne accusative nom. nisunne nisunne gen. nisunne genitive nisunne nisujenne partitive nisuanne nisujanne inessive nisussanne nisuissanne elative nisustanne nisuistanne illative nisuunne nisuihinne adessive nisullanne nisuillanne ablative nisultanne nisuiltanne allative nisullenne nisuillenne essive nisunanne nisuinanne translative nisuksenne nisuiksenne instructive — — abessive nisuttanne nisuittanne comitative — nisuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative nisunsa nisunsa accusative nom. nisunsa nisunsa gen. nisunsa genitive nisunsa nisujensa partitive nisuaan nisuansa nisujaan nisujansa inessive nisussaan nisussansa nisuissaan nisuissansa elative nisustaan nisustansa nisuistaan nisuistansa illative nisuunsa nisuihinsa adessive nisullaan nisullansa nisuillaan nisuillansa ablative nisultaan nisultansa nisuiltaan nisuiltansa allative nisulleen nisullensa nisuilleen nisuillensa essive nisunaan nisunansa nisuinaan nisuinansa translative nisukseen nisuksensa nisuikseen nisuiksensa instructive — — abessive nisuttaan nisuttansa nisuittaan nisuittansa comitative — nisuineen nisuinensa

Synonyms

• (wheat): vehnä
• (something baked of wheat): nisunen, vehnänen, vehnäleipä

Further reading

• "nisu" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

Anagrams

• suin

Japanese

Romanization

nisu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ニス

Latin

Noun

nīsū

1. ablative singular of nīsus

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnisuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *nisōn.

Noun

nisu

1. woman

Inflection

Odd, ss-s gradation
Nominative	nisu
Genitive	nissona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nisu	nissonat
Accusative	nissona	nissoniid
Genitive	nissona	nissoniid
Illative	nissonii	nissoniidda
Locative	nissonis	nissoniin
Comitative	nissoniin	nissoniiguin
Essive	nisun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nissonan nissoneamẹ nissoneamẹt 2nd person nissonat nissoneattẹ nissoneattẹt 3rd person nissonis nissoneaskkạ nissoneasẹt

Derived terms

• nissonolmmoš

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nisu

1. (often in the plural) wheat

Inflection

Odd, ss-s gradation
Nominative	nisu
Genitive	nissona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nisu	nissonat
Accusative	nissona	nissoniid
Genitive	nissona	nissoniid
Illative	nissonii	nissoniidda
Locative	nissonis	nissoniin
Comitative	nissoniin	nissoniiguin
Essive	nisun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nissonan nissoneamẹ nissoneamẹt 2nd person nissonat nissoneattẹ nissoneattẹt 3rd person nissonis nissoneaskkạ nissoneasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Standard Montenegrin) nijèsu
• (regional, chiefly Serbia) nésu
• (historical, regional) nijésu

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *sǫtь, first-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation was kept in Old Church Slavonic as не сѫтъ (ne sǫtŭ) (see бꙑти (byti)). However, in other South Slavic vernaculars, this form irregularly later created něsu (attested in 1334), probably influenced by něsam (see nisam). Because of the yat reflex, něsu became rendered as nisu in Ikavian speeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǐːsu/
• Hyphenation: ni‧su

Verb

nísu (Cyrillic spelling ни́су)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia) negative third-person plural present of biti

References

• “nisu” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “jesam”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 606

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nisu.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnisu/, [ˈnisu]
• Rhymes: -isu
• Hyphenation: ni‧su

Noun

nisu

1. wheat

Inflection

Declension of nisu (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nisu	nizud
genitive	nizu	nisuje, nisujõ, nisui
partitive	nissua	nisuitõ, nisui
illative	nissu, nissusõ	nisuje, nisujõ, nisuisõ
inessive	nizuz	nisuiz
elative	nizussõ	nisuissõ
allative	nizulõ	nisuilõ
adessive	nizullõ	nisuillõ
ablative	nizultõ	nisuiltõ
translative	nizussi	nisuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “nisu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn