imu

See also: IMU

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu.

Noun

imu (plural imus)

  1. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

See also

Anagrams

Aisi

Noun

imu

  1. louse

Further reading

Ede Idaca

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi, Yoruba imú, and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.mú/

Noun

imú

  1. nose

References

Estonian

Etymology

From imema (“to suck”) +‎ -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.

Noun

imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)

  1. suction, sucking

Declension
Inflection of imu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imu imud
accusative imu imud
genitive imu imude
partitive imu imusid
illative immu
imusse		 imudesse
inessive imus imudes
elative imust imudest
allative imule imudele
adessive imul imudel
ablative imult imudelt
translative imuks imudeks
terminative imuni imudeni
essive imuna imudena
abessive imuta imudeta
comitative imuga imudega

Synonyms
  • imemine

Compounds

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈimu/, [ˈimu]
  • Rhymes: -imu
  • Syllabification(key): i‧mu

Noun

imu

  1. suction
  2. undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)
    Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.
    The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.
  3. slipstream

Declension
Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative imu imut
genitive imun imujen
partitive imua imuja
illative imuun imuihin
singular plural
nominative imu imut
accusative nom. imu imut
gen. imun
genitive imun imujen
partitive imua imuja
inessive imussa imuissa
elative imusta imuista
illative imuun imuihin
adessive imulla imuilla
ablative imulta imuilta
allative imulle imuille
essive imuna imuina
translative imuksi imuiksi
instructive — imuin
abessive imutta imuitta
comitative — imuineen
Possessive forms of imu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person imuni imumme
2nd person imusi imunne
3rd person imunsa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈi.mu]

Noun

imu

  1. A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

imu (imu)

  1. dative of hē: him; to him

Declension
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero

inker, inka

 - - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: ime, eme, ome, gim, jum, um
    • Dutch Low Saxon: em, um
    • German Low German: em, äm
    • Plautdietsch: am

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mu/, /i.ˈmu/

Adverb

imu

  1. (interrogative) who?
    imu ini? ― who are you?
    imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?
    imu madadi sangaji? ― who became the sangaji?
    imu ma? ― whose? (ma here follows West Makian vowel harmony)

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yámana

Noun

imu

  1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.mṹ/

Noun

imú

  1. nose

Derived terms
  • fọn imú (“to blow the nose”)
  • igi imú (“nose bridge”)
  • ihò imú (“nostril”)
  • ikunmú (“nose mucus”)
  • irun imú (“nose hair, moustache”)
  • yínmú (“to sneer”)
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