etu

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See also: ETU, etu-, эту, and ẹtu

Ainu

Pronunciation

Noun

etu (Kana spelling エトゥ)

  1. (anatomy) nose

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *etu. Equivalent to esi- +‎ -u; originally "the area in front of something" (now all but confined to etu-), from which the other senses have developed through figurative use, perhaps already in Proto-Finnic.

Pronunciation

Noun

etu

  1. advantage
  2. benefit, interest
  3. (dated or dialectal) the area in front of something
  4. (dated or dialectal) front (of something)

Declension

Inflection of etu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative etu edut
genitive edun etujen
partitive etua etuja
illative etuun etuihin
singular plural
nominative etu edut
accusative nom. etu edut
gen. edun
genitive edun etujen
partitive etua etuja
inessive edussa eduissa
elative edusta eduista
illative etuun etuihin
adessive edulla eduilla
ablative edulta eduilta
allative edulle eduille
essive etuna etuina
translative eduksi eduiksi
abessive edutta eduitta
instructive — eduin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of etu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative etuni etuni
accusative nom. etuni etuni
gen. etuni
genitive etuni etujeni
partitive etuani etujani
inessive edussani eduissani
elative edustani eduistani
illative etuuni etuihini
adessive edullani eduillani
ablative edultani eduiltani
allative edulleni eduilleni
essive etunani etuinani
translative edukseni eduikseni
abessive eduttani eduittani
instructive — —
comitative — etuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative etusi etusi
accusative nom. etusi etusi
gen. etusi
genitive etusi etujesi
partitive etuasi etujasi
inessive edussasi eduissasi
elative edustasi eduistasi
illative etuusi etuihisi
adessive edullasi eduillasi
ablative edultasi eduiltasi
allative edullesi eduillesi
essive etunasi etuinasi
translative eduksesi eduiksesi
abessive eduttasi eduittasi
instructive — —
comitative — etuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative etumme etumme
accusative nom. etumme etumme
gen. etumme
genitive etumme etujemme
partitive etuamme etujamme
inessive edussamme eduissamme
elative edustamme eduistamme
illative etuumme etuihimme
adessive edullamme eduillamme
ablative edultamme eduiltamme
allative edullemme eduillemme
essive etunamme etuinamme
translative eduksemme eduiksemme
abessive eduttamme eduittamme
instructive — —
comitative — etuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative etunne etunne
accusative nom. etunne etunne
gen. etunne
genitive etunne etujenne
partitive etuanne etujanne
inessive edussanne eduissanne
elative edustanne eduistanne
illative etuunne etuihinne
adessive edullanne eduillanne
ablative edultanne eduiltanne
allative edullenne eduillenne
essive etunanne etuinanne
translative eduksenne eduiksenne
abessive eduttanne eduittanne
instructive — —
comitative — etuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative etunsa etunsa
accusative nom. etunsa etunsa
gen. etunsa
genitive etunsa etujensa
partitive etuaan
etuansa 		etujaan
etujansa
inessive edussaan
edussansa 		eduissaan
eduissansa
elative edustaan
edustansa 		eduistaan
eduistansa
illative etuunsa etuihinsa
adessive edullaan
edullansa 		eduillaan
eduillansa
ablative edultaan
edultansa 		eduiltaan
eduiltansa
allative edulleen
edullensa 		eduilleen
eduillensa
essive etunaan
etunansa 		etuinaan
etuinansa
translative edukseen
eduksensa 		eduikseen
eduiksensa
abessive eduttaan
eduttansa 		eduittaan
eduittansa
instructive — —
comitative — etuineen
etuinensa

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "advantage"): haitta

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

etu f (definite singular eto, indefinite plural etur, definite plural etune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ete

Anagrams

Old Norse

Noun

etu

  1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of eta

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Verb

etu

  1. third-person singular imperative active of eti (“to come”)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-etu (declinable)

  1. our (first-person plural possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -etu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wetu wetu
m-mi class(III/IV) wetu yetu
ji-ma class(V/VI) letu yetu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chetu vyetu
n class(IX/X) yetu zetu
u class(XI) wetu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) petu
ku class(XVII) kwetu
mu class(XVIII) mwetu

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Tetum

Noun

etu

  1. rice (either cooked or being cooked)

Umbundu

Pronoun

etu

  1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns
singular plural
first-person ame etu
second-person ove ene
third-person eye ovo

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Compare with Olukumi ẹtú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *V-tú, *è-tú, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *V-tú. May either be cognate with Àhàn atu, or Ahan may have borrowed this term from Ekiti

Pronunciation

Noun

ètú

  1. (Ekiti) hat, cap
    Synonyms: fìlà, akẹtẹ̀

Etymology 2

From Proto-Yoruba *e-tu, from Proto-Edekiri *e-tu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-tu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

etu

  1. (Ekiti) duiker; (in particularly) Maxwell's duiker
Related terms

Etymology 3

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-tù

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

etù

  1. (Ekiti) gunpowder

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

etù

  1. (Ekiti) Alternative form of ẹtù (“guinea fowl”)
    Synonyms: aó, awó, aghó
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