isu

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See also: Ísu, īsu, ISU, iṣu, i-su, and ì-sù

English

Etymology

Japanese 椅子.

Noun

isu (plural isu)

  1. (sumo) An individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Alcozauca Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

Noun

isu

  1. deer

References

  • Stark C., Sharon (Sara), Audrey (Andrea) Johnson P. and Benita González de Guzmán (compilers) (1999) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Xochapa, Guerrero‎, 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iso.

Pronunciation

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Noun

isu (genitive isu, partitive isu)

  1. appetite

Declension

Declension of isu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative isu isud
accusative nom.
gen. isu
genitive isude
partitive isu isusid
illative issu
isusse 		isudesse
inessive isus isudes
elative isust isudest
allative isule isudele
adessive isul isudel
ablative isult isudelt
translative isuks isudeks
terminative isuni isudeni
essive isuna isudena
abessive isuta isudeta
comitative isuga isudega

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “isu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Ilocano

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *i and Proto-Austronesian *su. Compare Pangasinan so.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈsu/
  • Hyphenation: i‧su

Pronoun

isú

  1. Third-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; he, she, him, her, it
    Synonym: isuna
    Mapanak no isu ti mapan. ― I will go if he/she goes.
  2. the same, the identical thing, the one
    Synonym: isuna
    No asino ti agkadutdot, isu ti agkakuyog.
    Birds of a feather flock together.
    (literally, “Whoever has the same feathers, the same go together.”)

Usage notes

  • This pronoun does not have an absolutive enclitic form. It is optional to add the pronoun (where grammatical) for clarification.
    Rumuar. ― (He/she/it) went out.
    Rumuar isu. ― He/she/it went out.

Derived terms

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolutive Ergative Oblique Possessive
Disjunctive Enclitic Enclitic3 bági form kukua form
First singular siak -ak -ko, -k kaniak bagik kukuak, kuak
dual data, sita1 -ta kaniata, kadata bagita kukuata
plural inclusive datayo, sitayo1 -tayo, -tay kaniatayo, kadatayo bagitayo kukuatayo
plural exclusive dakami, sikami1 -kami, -kam -mi kaniami, kadakami bagimi kukuami
Second singular sika -ka -mo, -m kaniam, kenka bagim kukuam
plural dakayo, sikayo1 -kayo, -kay -yo kaniayo, kadakayo bagiyo kukuayo
Third singular isu, isuna Ø2 -na kaniana, kenkuana bagina kukuana
plural isuda -da kaniada, kadakuada bagida kukuada
1Regional variants.
2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used.
3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
Fused enclitics
Actor Patient
siak data datayo dakami sika dakayo isu5 isuda
siak bagik4 — — — -ka -kayo -ko, -k -ko ida, -k ida
data — bagita4 — — — — -ta -ta ida
datayo — — bagitayo4 — — — -tayo -tayo ida
dakami — — — bagimi4 -daka -dakayo -mi -mi ida
sika -nak — — -nakami bagim4 — -mo, -m -mo ida, -m ida
dakayo -dak -data — -dakami — bagiyo4 -yo -yo ida
isu -nak -nata -natayo -nakami -naka -nakayo bagina4, -na -na ida
isuda -dak -data -datayo -dakami -daka -dakayo -da bagida4, -da ida
4Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form.
5 isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English issue, from Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪsu/
  • Hyphenation: isu

Noun

isu (first-person possessive isuku, second-person possessive isumu, third-person possessive isunya)

  1. issue: any question or situation to be resolved.
  2. (colloquial) rumor, rumour: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
    Synonyms: desas-desus, kabar angin

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

isu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いす

Malay

Etymology

From English issue.

Noun

isu

  1. issue

Mansaka

Noun

isù

  1. young child

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

Noun

isù

  1. deer

References

  • Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19

Tuvaluan

Noun

isu

  1. nose

Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

Noun

isu

  1. deer

References

  • Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca‎, third edition (overall work in Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec and Spanish), 2014, page 11

Yoruba

Isu

Pronunciation

Noun

isu

  1. (chiefly NWY) Alternative form of iṣu (“yam”)

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

Noun

isu

  1. deer

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 11

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ī́su class 5 (plural amásu class 6)

  1. means, method
    Synonym: icebo
  2. plan of action, scheme, strategy
    Synonym: icebo
  3. recipe
    Synonym: iresiphi

Inflection

Class 5/6
Singular Plural
Full form isu amasu
Locative eswini emaswini
Singular Plural
Full form isu amasu
Simple form lisu masu
Locative eswini emaswini
Copulative yisu ngamasu
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wesu owesu wamasu owamasu
Class 2 besu abesu bamasu abamasu
Class 3 wesu owesu wamasu owamasu
Class 4 yesu eyesu yamasu eyamasu
Class 5 lesu elesu lamasu elamasu
Class 6 esu awesu amasu awamasu
Class 7 sesu esesu samasu esamasu
Class 8 zesu ezesu zamasu ezamasu
Class 9 yesu eyesu yamasu eyamasu
Class 10 zesu ezesu zamasu ezamasu
Class 11 lwesu olwesu lwamasu olwamasu
Class 14 besu obesu bamasu obamasu
Class 15 kwesu okwesu kwamasu okwamasu
Class 17 kwesu okwesu kwamasu okwamasu

References

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