panu

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

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

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

• Panu (given name, partially)

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpanu/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nu/

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• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: pa‧nu

panu m

1. dative/locative singular of pan

panu

1. a lot of, several, many

• -patu (suffix form)

• -jarra (dual suffix)