litu

See also: litų, łítu, and lìtú

Finnish

Etymology

lit- + -u, probably of the same origin as litistää, litteä (compare litussa, littuun); the ungeminated -t- instead of -tt- may be influence from litukka or lituska, or even itu (sprout). The word was given its current botanical sense by Elias Lönnrot in his Flora Fennica from 1860, prior to which the word mainly meant "thin, semi-ripe (pea) pod".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlitu/, [ˈlit̪u]
  • Rhymes: -itu
  • Syllabification(key): li‧tu

Noun

litu

  1. (botany) silique, siliqua (long – length more than twice the width – fruit of a cruciferous plant)
  2. (botany) silicle, silicula, silicule (short silique)

Declension

Inflection of litu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative litu lidut
genitive lidun litujen
partitive litua lituja
illative lituun lituihin
singular plural
nominative litu lidut
accusative nom. litu lidut
gen. lidun
genitive lidun litujen
partitive litua lituja
inessive lidussa liduissa
elative lidusta liduista
illative lituun lituihin
adessive lidulla liduilla
ablative lidulta liduilta
allative lidulle liduille
essive lituna lituina
translative liduksi liduiksi
instructive liduin
abessive lidutta liduitta
comitative lituineen
Possessive forms of litu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person lituni litumme
2nd person litusi litunne
3rd person litunsa

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Verb

litu

  1. third-person plural past indicative of líta
  2. third-person plural past subjunctive of líta

Latin

Verb

litū

  1. ablative supine of linō

Lingala

Etymology

From French lithium.

Noun

litu class 9 (plural litu class 10, colloquial plural balitu class 2)

  1. (chemistry) lithium

Old Norse

Verb

litu

  1. third-person plural past active indicative of líta

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.tu/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -itu
  • Syllabification: li‧tu

Noun

litu m inan

  1. genitive singular of lit

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cabrito.

Noun

litu

  1. kid (young goat)

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45
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