tanu

See also: tanú, tänu, tạnu, and tanʉ

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtanu/

Verb

tanu

  1. imperative of tani

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑnu/, [ˈt̪ɑnu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnu
  • Syllabification(key): ta‧nu

Noun

tanu

  1. 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

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”). Compare Indonesian tanam, Chamorro tanom.

Verb

tanu

  1. to bury

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.nu/

Verb

tanu

  1. (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

  1. Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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