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Danish
Pronunciation
Adverb
itu
- broken
- torn
Faroese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
itu
- first/second/third-person plural past of eita
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *itu. Equivalent to itää + -u. Related to Estonian idu.
Pronunciation
Noun
itu
- sprout
- (topology, mathematics) germ
Declension
Related terms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay itu, from Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈitu/,
- Hyphenation: i‧tu
Determiner
itu
- that (what is being indicated)
Pronoun
itu
- it (that thing)
Verb
itu
- (copulative) to be
Apa itu bahasa?- What is language?
Tuhan itu nyata.- God is real.
Dia itu seorang pekerja keras.- He is a hard worker.
Usage notes
Together with ini, these can be placed following (in the standard language) or preceding the noun, the latter possibly due to the influence of Malay trade and creole languages of eastern Indonesia.
Derived terms
Descendants
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
Noun
itu class 5 (plural matu)
- cloud
- matu ma mbura ― rainy clouds (literally, “clouds of rain”)
Derived terms
(Nouns)
References
- ^ “itu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 463. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Latin
Noun
itū
- ablative singular of itus
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu. Compare Tagalog ito (“this”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
itu (Jawi spelling ايت)
- that (what is being indicated)
Pronoun
itu (Jawi spelling ايت)
- that (that thing)
Derived terms
Sumerian
Romanization
itu
- Romanization of 𒌗 (itu)
Swedish
Etymology
i (“in”) + tu (“two”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
itu
- into two pieces, apart
See also
Anagrams
Tiruray
Noun
itu
- dog
Trió
Noun
itu
- forest