vanua
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Noun
vanua
- land
Finnish
Noun
vanua
- Partitive singular form of vanu.
Verb
vanua
- (intransitive) To felt, mat.
Conjugation
| Inflection of vanua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vanun | en vanu | 1st sing. | olen vanunut | en ole vanunut | |
| 2nd sing. | vanut | et vanu | 2nd sing. | olet vanunut | et ole vanunut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanuu | ei vanu | 3rd sing. | on vanunut | ei ole vanunut | |
| 1st plur. | vanumme | emme vanu | 1st plur. | olemme vanuneet | emme ole vanuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanutte | ette vanu | 2nd plur. | olette vanuneet | ette ole vanuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanuvat | eivät vanu | 3rd plur. | ovat vanuneet | eivät ole vanuneet | |
| passive | vanutaan | ei vanuta | passive | on vanuttu | ei ole vanuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vanuin | en vanunut | 1st sing. | olin vanunut | en ollut vanunut | |
| 2nd sing. | vanuit | et vanunut | 2nd sing. | olit vanunut | et ollut vanunut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanui | ei vanunut | 3rd sing. | oli vanunut | ei ollut vanunut | |
| 1st plur. | vanuimme | emme vanuneet | 1st plur. | olimme vanuneet | emme olleet vanuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanuitte | ette vanuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte vanuneet | ette olleet vanuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanuivat | eivät vanuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat vanuneet | eivät olleet vanuneet | |
| passive | vanuttiin | ei vanuttu | passive | oli vanuttu | ei ollut vanuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vanuisin | en vanuisi | 1st sing. | olisin vanunut | en olisi vanunut | |
| 2nd sing. | vanuisit | et vanuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit vanunut | et olisi vanunut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanuisi | ei vanuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi vanunut | ei olisi vanunut | |
| 1st plur. | vanuisimme | emme vanuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme vanuneet | emme olisi vanuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanuisitte | ette vanuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte vanuneet | ette olisi vanuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanuisivat | eivät vanuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat vanuneet | eivät olisi vanuneet | |
| passive | vanuttaisiin | ei vanuttaisi | passive | olisi vanuttu | ei olisi vanuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | vanu | älä vanu | 2nd sing. | ole vanunut | älä ole vanunut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanukoon | älköön vanuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon vanunut | älköön olko vanunut | |
| 1st plur. | vanukaamme | älkäämme vanuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme vanuneet | älkäämme olko vanuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanukaa | älkää vanuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa vanuneet | älkää olko vanuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanukoot | älkööt vanuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot vanuneet | älkööt olko vanuneet | |
| passive | vanuttakoon | älköön vanuttako | passive | olkoon vanuttu | älköön olko vanuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vanunen | en vanune | 1st sing. | lienen vanunut | en liene vanunut | |
| 2nd sing. | vanunet | et vanune | 2nd sing. | lienet vanunut | et liene vanunut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanunee | ei vanune | 3rd sing. | lienee vanunut | ei liene vanunut | |
| 1st plur. | vanunemme | emme vanune | 1st plur. | lienemme vanuneet | emme liene vanuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanunette | ette vanune | 2nd plur. | lienette vanuneet | ette liene vanuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanunevat | eivät vanune | 3rd plur. | lienevät vanuneet | eivät liene vanuneet | |
| passive | vanuttaneen | ei vanuttane | passive | lienee vanuttu | ei liene vanuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | vanua | present | vanuva | vanuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | vanuakseen | past | vanunut | vanuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | vanuessa | vanuttaessa | agent1, 3 | vanuma | |
| instructive | vanuen | — | negative | vanumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | vanumassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | vanumasta | — | ||||
| illative | vanumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | vanumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | vanumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | vanuman | vanuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | vanuminen | ||||
| partitive | vanumista | |||||
| 5th2 | vanumaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- vanuttaa
Anagrams
- avuna
Ughele
Noun
vanua
- house
References
- Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad (2012). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu.