ilu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪluː/

Phrase

ilu

1. (slang) Abbreviation of I love you.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilu/,
• Hyphenation: i‧lu

Noun

ílu m 

1. twig

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

Noun

ilu m (ilu)

1. Alternative form of ilum

Estonian

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ilu

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ilo, further origin unknown. Cognates include Finnish ilo and Votic ilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilu/,

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: i‧lu

Noun

ilu (genitive ilu, partitive ilu)

1. beauty, splendor
   1. Aesthetically pleasing properties and features (appearance, color, shape etc.)

      Ilu on vaataja silmades. ― Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

      Synonym: kaunidus

   2. An ornament or decoration for sth/sb.

      Järv küla iluks, tüdruk maja iluks. (Estonian proverb)

      A lake decorates the village, a girl decorates the household.

      (literally, “A lake for the beauty of the village, a girl for the beauty of the house.”)

      Habe vanataadi ilu. (Estonian proverb)

      An old man's pride is his beard.

      (literally, “A beard is the old man's beauty.”)

      Synonym: ehe

2. (archaic, obsolete) joy, delight, happiness, glee

   Pill tuleb pika ilu peale. (Estonian proverb)

   What goes around, comes around.

   (literally, “The crying comes after a long period of joy.”)

   • 1981, Marie Under, “Porkuni preili”, in Paul Rummo, editor, Mu süda laulab [My Heart is Singing] (poetry), Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, page 260:

     Nad pidasid ilu, see oligi pulm, / need kaks sääl kaelastikku.

     They were having fun, this was a wedding, / those two yonder with hands around each other's necks.

Declension

Synonyms

• (visually pleasing properties): kaunidus
• (decoration for sth/sb): ehe

Derived terms

Compounds

References

• ilu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hilo.

Noun

ilu

1. thread

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 62

Hawu

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qizuR. Compare Ibaloi ilol, Javanese idu, Karao ilol, and Pangasinan ilol.

Noun

ilu

1. (anatomy) saliva

Ido

Alternative forms

• il

Etymology

Borrowed from French il, from Vulgar Latin *illī, which is related to Classical Latin ille, +‎ -u (“denoting a person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

Pronoun

ilu (in the plural ili)

1. he, him

Derived terms

• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)

Related terms

• lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”)
• elu (“she, her”) (feminine)
• olu (“it”) (neuter)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Inuktitut

Noun

ilu

1. Latin spelling of ᐃᓗ (ilo)

Lamaholot

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qizuR. Compare Ibaloi ilol, Javanese idu, Karao ilol, and Pangasinan ilol.

Noun

ilu

1. (anatomy) saliva

Maltese

Etymology

Originally an alternative form of lilu (“to him”), etc., pronominal forms of Arabic لَ (la, “to, for”), إلَى (ʔilā, “to, towards”). The adverbial construction exists in several Arabic dialects; compare e.g. North Levantine Arabic إلي يومين ما نمت (ʔili yawmayn ma nimt, “I haven’t slept in two days”). The postpositional use is derived therefrom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.lu/

Adverb

ilu

1. Expresses the time that something has been going on; takes personal suffixes according to subject of the phrase and is followed by a specification of time; (equivalent to English) for; in

   Ili jumejn ma norqod.

   I haven’t slept in two days.

   (literally, “To me two days I don’t sleep.”)

   Xmun ilu seba’ xhur fil-ħabs.

   Simon has been in jail for seven months.

   (literally, “Simon to him seven months in jail.”)

Usage notes

• As above, the construction involves a verb in the present tense or a nominal sentence. If negated, the verb does not take the suffix -x.

Inflection

Postposition

ilu

1. ago

   Wasalna hawn jumejn ilu.

   We arrived here two days ago.

Usage notes

• In this use the form is always ilu regardless of the subject.

Related terms

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈiluː/

Noun

ilu

1. accusative/genitive singular of illu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ilu
• Syllabification: i‧lu

Pronoun

ilu

1. inflection of ile:
   1. masculine personal nominative/accusative/vocative
   2. genitive/dative/locative

Spanish

Noun

ilu f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of ilusión

Umbundu

Noun

ilu (needs class)

1. sky

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ùlú

Etymology 1

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lú (“to intermingle, to mix, to come together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.lú/

Noun

ìlú

1. (historical) city state; kingdom
2. town; city
3. country
4. establishment
5. (idiomatic, in the plural) chiefs (in their position as representatives of the people of the town)

   Synonyms: olóyè, ìjòyè, èèyàn

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lù (“to beat, to hit”), literally “that which is beaten”.

Alternative forms

• ùlù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.lù/

Noun

ìlù

1. (music) percussion instruments (in particular) drums