hetu

hetu

See also: hetũ

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of henkilötunnus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhetu/, [ˈhe̞t̪u]
• Rhymes: -etu
• Syllabification^(key): he‧tu

Noun

hetu

1. (informal) social security number, identity number

   Synonym: henkilötunnus

Declension

Inflection of hetu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		hetu	hetut
genitive		hetun	hetujen
partitive		hetua	hetuja
illative		hetuun	hetuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hetu	hetut
accusative	nom.	hetu	hetut
	gen.	hetun
genitive		hetun	hetujen
partitive		hetua	hetuja
inessive		hetussa	hetuissa
elative		hetusta	hetuista
illative		hetuun	hetuihin
adessive		hetulla	hetuilla
ablative		hetulta	hetuilta
allative		hetulle	hetuille
essive		hetuna	hetuina
translative		hetuksi	hetuiksi
instructive		—	hetuin
abessive		hetutta	hetuitta
comitative		—	hetuineen

Possessive forms of hetu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hetuni	hetumme
2nd person	hetusi	hetunne
3rd person	hetunsa

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• हेतु (Devanagari script)
• হেতু (Bengali script)
• හෙතු (Sinhalese script)
• ဟေတု or ႁေတု (Burmese script)
• เหตุ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຫຕຸ (Lao script)
• ហេតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄬𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu).

Noun

hetu m

1. cause, reason
2. condition
3. motive

Declension

Declension table of "hetu" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hetu	hetavo or hetū
Accusative (second)	hetuṃ	hetavo or hetū
Instrumental (third)	hetunā	hetūhi or hetūbhi
Dative (fourth)	hetussa or hetuno	hetūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hetusmā or hetumhā	hetūhi or hetūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	hetussa or hetuno	hetūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hetusmiṃ or hetumhi	hetūsu
Vocative (calling)	hetu	hetave or hetavo

Descendants

• → Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)
• → Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ
• → Thai: เหตุ (hèet)