tanu
See also: tanú, tänu, tạnu, and tanʉ
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtanu/
Verb
tanu
- imperative of tani
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑnu/, [ˈt̪ɑnu]
- Rhymes: -ɑnu
- Syllabification(key): ta‧nu
Noun
tanu
- A traditional Finnish bonnet worn by women.
- Synonyms: liinalakki, tano
Declension
| Inflection of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tanu | tanut | |
| genitive | tanun | tanujen | |
| partitive | tanua | tanuja | |
| illative | tanuun | tanuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tanu | tanut | |
| accusative | nom. | tanu | tanut |
| gen. | tanun | ||
| genitive | tanun | tanujen | |
| partitive | tanua | tanuja | |
| inessive | tanussa | tanuissa | |
| elative | tanusta | tanuista | |
| illative | tanuun | tanuihin | |
| adessive | tanulla | tanuilla | |
| ablative | tanulta | tanuilta | |
| allative | tanulle | tanuille | |
| essive | tanuna | tanuina | |
| translative | tanuksi | tanuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tanuin | |
| abessive | tanutta | tanuitta | |
| comitative | — | tanuineen | |
| Possessive forms of tanu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tanuni | tanumme |
| 2nd person | tanusi | tanunne |
| 3rd person | tanunsa | |
Anagrams
- -ntua, nuta, taun, unta
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”). Compare Indonesian tanam, Chamorro tanom.
Verb
tanu
- to bury
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.nu/
Verb
tanu
- (transitive) to cover
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tanu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | totanu | fotanu | mitanu | |
| 2nd | notanu | nitanu | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | otanu | itanu, yotanu† | |
| Feminine | motanu | |||
| Neuter | itanu | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪a.n̪o/
Noun
tanu
- Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics