ilmu

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈilmu/,
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun

ílmu m (singulative ilmóyta m or ilmónta m or ilmoytá f or ilmontá f)

  1. (collective) bastards (illegitimate children)

Declension

Declension of ílmu
absolutive ílmu
predicative ílmu
subjective ilmí
genitive ilmí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ílmul
k-case ílmuk
t-case ílmut
h-case ílmuh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ilmu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Estonian

Noun

ilmu

  1. partitive plural of ilma

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ilmu, from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun

ilmu (plural ilmu-ilmu, first-person possessive ilmuku, second-person possessive ilmumu, third-person possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge
    Synonym: pengetahuan
  2. science
    Synonym: sains

Usage notes

The word is commonly used in loan translation for Dutch -kunde and Dutch wetenschap.

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ilma. Cognate with Finnish ilma and Estonian ilm.

Pronunciation

Noun

ilmu

  1. air
  2. atmosphere
  3. the world

Declension

Declension of ilmu (Type 3/jalgu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ilmu ilmat
genitive ilman ilmoin
partitive ilmua ilmoi
illative ilmah ilmoih
inessive ilmas ilmois
elative ilmaspäi ilmoispäi
allative ilmale ilmoile
adessive ilmal ilmoil
ablative ilmalpäi ilmoilpäi
translative ilmakse ilmoikse
essive ilmannu ilmoinnu
abessive ilmattah ilmoittah
comitative ilmanke ilmoinke
instructive ilmoin
prolative ilmači

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 76

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ilmu (Jawi spelling علمو, plural ilmu-ilmu, informal 1st possessive ilmuku, 2nd possessive ilmumu, 3rd possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge, learning, science

Further reading