imu

See also: IMU

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu.

Noun

imu (plural imus)

A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

Anagrams

-ium, MUI, Miu, Mui, UIM

Aisi

Noun

imu

louse

Ede Idaca

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi, Yoruba imú, and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.mú/

Noun

imú

nose

References

Baloubi, Désiré (2005) The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha dialect of Yoruba‎, Charlotte, North Carolina: Conquering Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41

Estonian

Etymology

From imema (“to suck”) +‎ -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.

Noun

imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)

suction, sucking

Declension

Declension of imu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		imu	imud
accusative	nom.	imu
accusative	gen.	imu
genitive		imu	imude
partitive		imu	imusid
illative		immu imusse	imudesse
inessive		imus	imudes
elative		imust	imudest
allative		imule	imudele
adessive		imul	imudel
ablative		imult	imudelt
translative		imuks	imudeks
terminative		imuni	imudeni
essive		imuna	imudena
abessive		imuta	imudeta
comitative		imuga	imudega

Synonyms

imemine

Compounds

rasvaimu

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈimu/,
Rhymes: -imu
Syllabification^(key): i‧mu

Noun

imu

suction
undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)
Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.
The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.
slipstream

Declension

Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		imu	imut
genitive		imun	imujen
partitive		imua	imuja
illative		imuun	imuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		imu	imut
accusative	nom.	imu	imut
accusative	gen.	imun	imut
genitive		imun	imujen
partitive		imua	imuja
inessive		imussa	imuissa
elative		imusta	imuista
illative		imuun	imuihin
adessive		imulla	imuilla
ablative		imulta	imuilta
allative		imulle	imuille
essive		imuna	imuina
translative		imuksi	imuiksi
abessive		imutta	imuitta
instructive		—	imuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		imuni	imuni
accusative	nom.	imuni	imuni
accusative	gen.	imuni	imuni
genitive		imuni	imujeni
partitive		imuani	imujani
inessive		imussani	imuissani
elative		imustani	imuistani
illative		imuuni	imuihini
adessive		imullani	imuillani
ablative		imultani	imuiltani
allative		imulleni	imuilleni
essive		imunani	imuinani
translative		imukseni	imuikseni
abessive		imuttani	imuittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	imuineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		imusi	imusi
accusative	nom.	imusi	imusi
accusative	gen.	imusi	imusi
genitive		imusi	imujesi
partitive		imuasi	imujasi
inessive		imussasi	imuissasi
elative		imustasi	imuistasi
illative		imuusi	imuihisi
adessive		imullasi	imuillasi
ablative		imultasi	imuiltasi
allative		imullesi	imuillesi
essive		imunasi	imuinasi
translative		imuksesi	imuiksesi
abessive		imuttasi	imuittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	imuinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		imumme	imumme
accusative	nom.	imumme	imumme
accusative	gen.	imumme	imumme
genitive		imumme	imujemme
partitive		imuamme	imujamme
inessive		imussamme	imuissamme
elative		imustamme	imuistamme
illative		imuumme	imuihimme
adessive		imullamme	imuillamme
ablative		imultamme	imuiltamme
allative		imullemme	imuillemme
essive		imunamme	imuinamme
translative		imuksemme	imuiksemme
abessive		imuttamme	imuittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	imuinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		imunne	imunne
accusative	nom.	imunne	imunne
accusative	gen.	imunne	imunne
genitive		imunne	imujenne
partitive		imuanne	imujanne
inessive		imussanne	imuissanne
elative		imustanne	imuistanne
illative		imuunne	imuihinne
adessive		imullanne	imuillanne
ablative		imultanne	imuiltanne
allative		imullenne	imuillenne
essive		imunanne	imuinanne
translative		imuksenne	imuiksenne
abessive		imuttanne	imuittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	imuinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		imunsa	imunsa
accusative	nom.	imunsa	imunsa
accusative	gen.	imunsa	imunsa
genitive		imunsa	imujensa
partitive		imuaan imuansa	imujaan imujansa
inessive		imussaan imussansa	imuissaan imuissansa
elative		imustaan imustansa	imuistaan imuistansa
illative		imuunsa	imuihinsa
adessive		imullaan imullansa	imuillaan imuillansa
ablative		imultaan imultansa	imuiltaan imuiltansa
allative		imulleen imullensa	imuilleen imuillensa
essive		imunaan imunansa	imuinaan imuinansa
translative		imukseen imuksensa	imuikseen imuiksensa
abessive		imuttaan imuttansa	imuittaan imuittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	imuineen imuinensa

Synonyms

(undertow): paluuvirtaus

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

imu

A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

imu (imu)

dative of hē: him; to him

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia	it
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is

Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-

Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu	sia	sia	siu
Dative	ūs	eu, iu, iuu	im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

Middle Low German: ime, eme, ome, gim, jum, um
- Dutch Low Saxon: em, um
- German Low German: em, äm
- Plautdietsch: am

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.mu/, /i.ˈmu/

Adverb

imu

(interrogative) who?
imu ini? ― who are you?

imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?

imu madadi sangaji? ― who became the sangaji?

imu ma? ― whose? (ma here follows West Makian vowel harmony)

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yámana

Noun

imu

father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

ụmụ́ (Èkìtì)

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.mṹ/

Noun

imú

nose

Derived terms

fọn imú (“to blow the nose”)
igi imú (“nose bridge”)
ihò imú (“nostril”)
ikunmú (“nose mucus”)
irun imú (“nose hair, moustache”)
yínmú (“to sneer”)

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