ilu
See also: ilū, iḷu, and iłu
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilu/
- Hyphenation: i‧lu
Noun
ílu m
- twig
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Akkadian
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈi.lu/
Noun
ilu m (ilu)
- Alternative form of ilum
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ilo, further origin unknown. Cognates include Finnish ilo and Votic ilo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilu/, [ˈilu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ilu
- Hyphenation: i‧lu
Noun
ilu (genitive ilu, partitive ilu)
- beauty, splendor
- Aesthetically pleasing properties and features (appearance, color, shape etc.)
- Ilu on vaataja silmades. ― Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Synonym: kaunidus
- An ornament or decoration for sth/sb.
- Järv küla iluks, tüdruk maja iluks. (Estonian proverb)
- A lake decorates the village, a girl decorates the household.
- (literally, “A lake for the beauty of the village, a girl for the beauty of the house.”)
- Habe vanataadi ilu. (Estonian proverb)
- An old man's pride is his beard.
- (literally, “A beard is the old man's beauty.”)
- Synonym: ehe
- Aesthetically pleasing properties and features (appearance, color, shape etc.)
- (archaic, obsolete) joy, delight, happiness, glee
- Pill tuleb pika ilu peale. (Estonian proverb)
- What goes around, comes around.
- (literally, “The crying comes after a long period of joy.”)
- 1981, Under, Marie, “Porkuni preili”, in Rummo, Paul, editor, Mu süda laulab [My Heart is Singing] (poetry), Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, page 260:
- Nad pidasid ilu, see oligi pulm, / need kaks sääl kaelastikku.
- They were having fun, this was a wedding, / those two yonder with hands around each other's necks.
Declension
Inflection of ilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ilu | ilud |
| accusative | ilu | ilud |
| genitive | ilu | ilude |
| partitive | ilu | ilusid |
| illative | illu ilusse | iludesse |
| inessive | ilus | iludes |
| elative | ilust | iludest |
| allative | ilule | iludele |
| adessive | ilul | iludel |
| ablative | ilult | iludelt |
| translative | iluks | iludeks |
| terminative | iluni | iludeni |
| essive | iluna | iludena |
| abessive | iluta | iludeta |
| comitative | iluga | iludega |
Synonyms
- (visually pleasing properties): kaunidus
- (decoration for sth/sb): ehe
Derived terms
nouns
- iludus
- iluleja
- ilulemine
- ilustaja
- ilustamine
- ilustis
- ilustus
- ilutsemine
- ilutus
adjectives
- ilus
- ilutu
verbs
- ilulema
- ilustama
- ilutsema
adverbs
- ilusalt
- ilusasti
- ilusti
Compounds
- pulmailu
- silmailu
- iluaed
- iluaednik
- iluaiandus
- iluasi
- iluasjake
- ilubränd
- ilueedi
- iluese
- iluideaal
- ilujanu
- ilujumalanna
- ilukapsas
- ilukaup
- ilukiri
- ilukirjandus
- ilukirjanduskeel
- ilukirjanduslik
- ilukirjandusteos
- ilukirjandustõlge
- ilukirjanik
- ilukirurg
- ilukirurgia
- ilukosmeetika
- ilukrooge
- ilukõla
- ilukõne
- ilukõneleja
- ilukõneline
- ilukõnelisus
- iluköide
- ilulugeja
- ilulugema
- ilulugemine
- ilumeel
- ilumuru
- ilumõiste
- ilunael
- ilunõel
- ilunõges
- ilunõue
- ilunööp
- iluoperatsioon
- ilupaber
- ilupakend
- ilupannal
- ilupealis
- ilupildistik
- ilupilt
- ilupiste
- iluprotseduur
- ilupuu
- ilupõõsas
- iluravi
- iluraviarst
- iluravija
- iluravimask
- iluravivahend
- ilurätik
- ilusalong
- ilusüstid
- ilutaim
- iluteenindus
- ilutoode
- ilutulestik
- ilutuli
- ilutuvi
- ilutõug
- iluuisud
- iluuisutaja
- iluuisutama
- iluuisutamine
- iluvidin
- iluviga
- iluvõimleja
- iluvõimlema
- iluvõimlemine
- iluvõre
- iluvärav
- iluõmblus
- iluümbrik
- kääbusilupuu
- meesiluuisutaja
- naisiluuisutaja
- tõlkeilukirjandus
References
- ilu in Sõnaveeb
Francisco León Zoque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hilo.
Noun
ilu
- thread
References
- Engel, Ralph; Allhiser de Engel, Mary; Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 62
Ido
Alternative forms
- il
Etymology
Borrowed from French il, from Vulgar Latin *illī, which is related to Classical Latin ille, + -u (“denoting a person”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.lu/
Pronoun
ilu (in the plural ili)
- he, him
Derived terms
- ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
Related terms
- lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”)
- elu (“she, her”) (feminine)
- olu (“it”) (neuter)
See also
Personal pronouns in Ido
 | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
| First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
| Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
| Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
| Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
| Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
| Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
| Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
| Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
| Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
| Notes | |||||||
| The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
| The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
| The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. | |||||||
Inuktitut
Noun
ilu
- Latin spelling of ᐃᓗ (ilo)
Maltese
Etymology
Originally an alternative form of lilu (“to him”), etc., pronominal forms of Arabic لَ (la, “to, for”), إلَى (ʾilā, “to, towards”). The adverbial construction exists in several Arabic dialects; compare e.g. North Levantine Arabic إلي يومين ما نمت (ʾili yawmayn ma nimt, “I haven’t slept in two days”). The postpositional use is derived therefrom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː.lu/
Adverb
ilu
- Expresses the time that something has been going on; takes personal suffixes according to subject of the phrase and is followed by a specification of time; (equivalent to English) for; in
- Ili jumejn ma norqod.
- I haven’t slept in two days.
- (literally, “To me two days I don’t sleep.”)
- Xmun ilu seba’ xhur fil-ħabs.
- Simon has been in jail for seven months.
- (literally, “Simon to him seven months in jail.”)
Usage notes
- As above, the construction involves a verb in the present tense or a nominal sentence. If negated, the verb does not take the suffix -x.
Inflection
| Inflected forms of ilu | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | ili | ilna | |||
| 2nd person | ilek | ilkom | |||
| 3rd person | ilu | ilha | ilhom | ||
Postposition
ilu
- ago
- Wasalna hawn jumejn ilu.
- We arrived here two days ago.
Usage notes
- In this use the form is always ilu regardless of the subject.
Related terms
- lejn
- lil
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈiluː/
Noun
ilu
- accusative/genitive singular of illu
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.lu/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ilu
- Syllabification: i‧lu
Pronoun
ilu
- inflection of ile:
- masculine personal nominative/accusative/vocative
- genitive/dative/locative
Spanish
Noun
ilu f (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Clipping of ilusión
Umbundu
Noun
ilu (needs class)
- sky
Westrobothnian
Etymology
il + -u
Adjective
ilu (neuter ilut)
- changeful
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- ùlú
Etymology 1
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lú (“to intermingle, to mix, to come together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.lú/
Noun
ìlú
- (historical) city state; kingdom
- town; city
- country
- establishment
- (idiomatic, in the plural) chiefs (in their position as representatives of the people of the town)
- Synonyms: olóyè, ìjòyè, èèyàn
Derived terms
- aráàlú (“townspeople”)
- ìlúmoyè (“Yoruba chief”)
- ìlú ńlá (“city”)
- ìṣèlú (“politics”)
- olóṣèlú (“politician”)
- olú-ìlú (“capital”)
- onílùú (“of a city”)
- òṣèlú (“politician/politics”)
- ọmọ onílùú (“citizen”)
Etymology 2
Àwọn onílù tó fi ìlù wọn sílẹ̀ láti lọ sinmi.
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lù (“to beat, to hit”), literally “that which is beaten”.
Alternative forms
- ùlù
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.lù/
Noun
ìlù
- (music) percussion instruments (in particular) drums