tunu
Chamorro edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Chamorro *tunu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Verb edit
tunu
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *tunu (“back part, nape”), from Proto-Eskimo *tunuv- (“back part, nape”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tunu
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Verb edit
tunu
Adjective edit
tunu
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tunu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tunu
- to burn
Derived terms edit
Regular affixed derivations:
- penunu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penunuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menunu [agent focus] (meN-)
- menunukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- ditunu [patient focus] (di-)
- ditunukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- tertunu [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertunu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Further reading edit
- “tunu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Inupiaq edit
Noun edit
tunu (dual tunuk, plural tunut)
- back
- Tunuga atniġñaqtuq
- My back is hurting.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tunu (Jawi spelling تونو)
- to burn, to light up
- to burn up, to incinerate
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Regular affixed derivations:
- penunu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penunuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menunu [agent focus] (meN-)
- menunukan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- ditunu [patient focus] (di-)
- ditunukan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- tertunu [agentless action] (teR-)
- bertunu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: tunu
Further reading edit
- “tunu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tunu (passive tunua)
References edit
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Verb edit
tunu
- to burn
Rayón Zoque edit
Noun edit
tunu
References edit
- Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 37
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.
Verb edit
tunu