anu

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "anu"

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌˈnu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧nu

Pronoun

anú

  1. I
    Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

See also

Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Anguthimri

Noun

anu

  1. (Mpakwithi) hip

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anus.

Noun

anu m (plural anos)

  1. (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)

Related terms

Aymara

Noun

anu

  1. dog

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

anu

  1. medium house, house smaller than the main one.

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

Noun

anu

  1. year
  2. birthday

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Maori anu and Tahitian anu.

Pronunciation

Verb

anu

  1. (stative) to be cold

Derived terms

Iban

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

Pronoun

anu

  1. something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

Etymology 2

Verb

anu

  1. to scold; to express anger
  2. to kill

Indonesian

Noun

anu (first-person possessive anuku, second-person possessive anumu, third-person possessive anunya)

  1. something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned
  2. (slang) genital organ

References

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese ano.

Noun

anu

  1. (Sotavento) year

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

anū

  1. ablative singular of anus

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

Pronunciation

Noun

anu (Jawi spelling انو, plural anu-anu, informal 1st possessive anuku, 2nd possessive anumu, 3rd possessive anunya)

  1. Someone or something whose name is not mentioned (on purpose, due to forgetting, etc.).
    si anu ― the (unknown) person
    hajat anu ― an unknown wish
  2. (mathematics) An unknown quantity or variable; an unknown.
    Dalam kiraan ini, 't' merupakan sebuah anu yang mewakili tinggi seorang pelajar.
    In this calculation, 't' is an unknown that stands for a student's height.

Pronoun

anu (Jawi spelling انو)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of itu.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “anu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*-nu₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Maori

Noun

anu

  1. cold

Matal

Pronoun

anu

  1. we, us (first-person plural pronoun)
    Sufəl gulo, delga kà anu la abanay (Mark 9:5).
    My Lord, good that we here(Mark 9:5)
    Musa atsetsèr à anu mapəhay uwanay (Luka 20:28).
    Moses wrote to us saying this (Luke 20:28)

References

  1. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Mark/9
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luka/20

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

anu (plural enuein)

  1. name

Descendants

  • Middle Welsh: enw

Pitjantjatjara

Verb

anu

  1. past of ananyi (“go”): went, left

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi anũ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧nu

Noun

anu m (plural anus)

  1. ani (bird)

Descendants

  • →? English: ani

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

anu

  1. hand, arm

Tarifit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

anu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, plural anuten, diminutive tanut)

  1. pit, well

Declension

Declension of anu
Singular Plural
Free state anu anuten
Construct state wanu wanuten

Volapük

Adverb

anu

  1. At this moment (now).
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