kimu
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kimu/, [ki.mu]
Noun
kimu inan or anim
- sprout (of a plant)
- (figurative) a young child
Declension
| Declension of kimu (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
| absolutive | kimu | kimua | kimuak | |
| ergative | kimuk | kimuak | kimuek | |
| dative | kimuri | kimuari | kimuei | |
| genitive | kimuren | kimuaren | kimuen | |
| comitative | kimurekin | kimuarekin | kimuekin | |
| causative | kimurengatik | kimuarengatik | kimuengatik | |
| benefactive | kimurentzat | kimuarentzat | kimuentzat | |
| instrumental | kimuz | kimuaz | kimuez | |
| inessive | anim. | kimurengan | kimuarengan | kimuengan |
| inanim. | kimutan | kimuan | kimuetan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | kimutako | kimuko | kimuetako | |
| allative | anim. | kimurengana | kimuarengana | kimuengana |
| inanim. | kimutara | kimura | kimuetara | |
| terminative | anim. | kimurenganaino | kimuarenganaino | kimuenganaino |
| inanim. | kimutaraino | kimuraino | kimuetaraino | |
| directive | anim. | kimurenganantz | kimuarenganantz | kimuenganantz |
| inanim. | kimutarantz | kimurantz | kimuetarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | kimurenganako | kimuarenganako | kimuenganako |
| inanim. | kimutarako | kimurako | kimuetarako | |
| ablative | anim. | kimurengandik | kimuarengandik | kimuengandik |
| inanim. | kimutatik | kimutik | kimuetatik | |
| partitive | kimurik | — | — | |
| prolative | kimutzat | — | — | |
Further reading
- "kimu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “kimu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *timu, from Proto-Oceanic *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈki.mu/, [ˈtimu]
Noun
kimu
- precipitation
- Samoan rain
References
- “kimu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Japanese
Romanization
kimu
- Rōmaji transcription of キム