itu

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See also: ITU, Itu, and I-tu

Danish

Pronunciation

Adverb

itu

  1. broken
  2. torn

Faroese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

itu

  1. 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

  1. sprout
  2. (topology, mathematics) germ

Declension

Inflection of itu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative itu idut
genitive idun itujen
partitive itua ituja
illative ituun ituihin
singular plural
nominative itu idut
accusative nom. itu idut
gen. idun
genitive idun itujen
partitive itua ituja
inessive idussa iduissa
elative idusta iduista
illative ituun ituihin
adessive idulla iduilla
ablative idulta iduilta
allative idulle iduille
essive ituna ituina
translative iduksi iduiksi
abessive idutta iduitta
instructive iduin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of itu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ituni ituni
accusative nom. ituni ituni
gen. ituni
genitive ituni itujeni
partitive ituani itujani
inessive idussani iduissani
elative idustani iduistani
illative ituuni ituihini
adessive idullani iduillani
ablative idultani iduiltani
allative idulleni iduilleni
essive itunani ituinani
translative idukseni iduikseni
abessive iduttani iduittani
instructive
comitative ituineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative itusi itusi
accusative nom. itusi itusi
gen. itusi
genitive itusi itujesi
partitive ituasi itujasi
inessive idussasi iduissasi
elative idustasi iduistasi
illative ituusi ituihisi
adessive idullasi iduillasi
ablative idultasi iduiltasi
allative idullesi iduillesi
essive itunasi ituinasi
translative iduksesi iduiksesi
abessive iduttasi iduittasi
instructive
comitative ituinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative itumme itumme
accusative nom. itumme itumme
gen. itumme
genitive itumme itujemme
partitive ituamme itujamme
inessive idussamme iduissamme
elative idustamme iduistamme
illative ituumme ituihimme
adessive idullamme iduillamme
ablative idultamme iduiltamme
allative idullemme iduillemme
essive itunamme ituinamme
translative iduksemme iduiksemme
abessive iduttamme iduittamme
instructive
comitative ituinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative itunne itunne
accusative nom. itunne itunne
gen. itunne
genitive itunne itujenne
partitive ituanne itujanne
inessive idussanne iduissanne
elative idustanne iduistanne
illative ituunne ituihinne
adessive idullanne iduillanne
ablative idultanne iduiltanne
allative idullenne iduillenne
essive itunanne ituinanne
translative iduksenne iduiksenne
abessive iduttanne iduittanne
instructive
comitative ituinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative itunsa itunsa
accusative nom. itunsa itunsa
gen. itunsa
genitive itunsa itujensa
partitive ituaan
ituansa
itujaan
itujansa
inessive idussaan
idussansa
iduissaan
iduissansa
elative idustaan
idustansa
iduistaan
iduistansa
illative ituunsa ituihinsa
adessive idullaan
idullansa
iduillaan
iduillansa
ablative idultaan
idultansa
iduiltaan
iduiltansa
allative idulleen
idullensa
iduilleen
iduillensa
essive itunaan
itunansa
ituinaan
ituinansa
translative idukseen
iduksensa
iduikseen
iduiksensa
abessive iduttaan
iduttansa
iduittaan
iduittansa
instructive
comitative ituineen
ituinensa

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

  1. that (what is being indicated)

Pronoun

itu

  1. it (that thing)

Verb

itu

  1. (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

  • Petjo: itoe

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Noun

itu class 5 (plural matu)

  1. cloud
    matu ma mburarainy clouds (literally, “clouds of rain”)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ itu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 463. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Latin

Noun

itū

  1. 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)

  1. that (what is being indicated)

Pronoun

itu (Jawi spelling ايت)

  1. that (that thing)

Derived terms

Sumerian

Romanization

itu

  1. Romanization of 𒌗 (itu)

Swedish

Etymology

i (in) +‎ tu (two)

Pronunciation

Adverb

itu

  1. into two pieces, apart

See also

Anagrams

Tiruray

Noun

itu

  1. dog

Trió

Noun

itu

  1. forest