panu

panu

See also: Panu, pánu, and pánů

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *panu, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian panno (“fire”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑnu/, [ˈpɑnu]
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧nu

Noun

panu

1. (poetic, archaic, rare) fire
   • Sen on miesteli merehen / Ei neiti Manalle joua, / Tulen tuiki polttamihin, / Panun nihki paistamihin.

     She shoved it into the sea / lest the maid go to Mana / lest the fire should burn her up / lest the flame should roast her. (Suomen kansan vanhat runot I4 250)

   Synonyms: tuli, valkea

Declension

Inflection of panu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		panu	panut
genitive		panun	panujen
partitive		panua	panuja
illative		panuun	panuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		panu	panut
accusative	nom.	panu	panut
	gen.	panun
genitive		panun	panujen
partitive		panua	panuja
inessive		panussa	panuissa
elative		panusta	panuista
illative		panuun	panuihin
adessive		panulla	panuilla
ablative		panulta	panuilta
allative		panulle	panuille
essive		panuna	panuina
translative		panuksi	panuiksi
instructive		—	panuin
abessive		panutta	panuitta
comitative		—	panuineen

Possessive forms of panu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	panuni	panumme
2nd person	panusi	panunne
3rd person	panunsa

Derived terms

• Panu (given name, partially)

References

1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
2. Václav Blažek, 'Balto-fennic Mythological Names of Baltic Origin', Baltistica, 39 (2004), 189-94 (p. 189).

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Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *pano-. Compare Classical Nahuatl panō (“to pass”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpanu/

Verb

panu

1. (intransitive) to pass, to cross, to go by

   Panuk se takat kinamaka majmatzaj wan chujchulu

   A man passed by selling pineapples and red custard apples

2. (intransitive) to spend (time)

   Tipanuket muchi teutak ka ichan ne tunoya

   We spent all afternoon in grandma's house

3. (intransitive) to pass, to come to an end

   Ini shiwit panutuk, pejki tik se itekiw yankwik ne nuachkaw

   Last year (lit. this year that passed) my brother started at a new job

4. (intransitive) to happen, to occur, to take place

   Ne shuletzin kielnamikiuk ne tay panutuk tik ne Tamiktilis ipal 1932

   The old man still remembers what happened in the 1932 Massacre

Conjugation

    Conjugation of panu

tense	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
	naja	taja	yaja	tejemet	anmejemet	yejemet
present	nipanu	tipanu	panu	tipanut	anpanut	panut
subjunctive	ma nipanu	ma shipanu	ma panu	ma tipanukan	ma shipanukan	ma panukan
past	nipanuk	tipanuk	panuk	tipanuket	anpanuket	panuket
perfect	nipanutuk	tipanutuk	panutuk	tipanutiwit	anpanutiwit	panutiwit
future*	nipanus	tipanus	panus	tipanusket	anpanusket	panusket
conditional	nipanuskiya	tipanuskiya	panuskiya	tipanuskiyat	anpanuskiyat	panuskiyat
pluperfect*	nipanutuya	tipanutuya	panutuya	tipanutuyat	anpanutuyat	panutuyat
conditional perfect*	nipanutuskiya	tipanutuskiya	panutuskiya	tipanutuskiyat	anpanutuskiyat	panutuskiyat
imperative	-	(ma) shipanu	-	ma tipanukan	(ma) shipanukan	-
*These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nu/

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• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: pa‧nu

Noun

panu m

1. dative/locative singular of pan

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Adjective

panu

1. a lot of, several, many

Synonyms

• -patu (suffix form)

See also

• -jarra (dual suffix)