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Dusun Deyah
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.
Noun
ranu
- water
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of ranskanperuna + -u
Pronunciation
Noun
ranu (informal)
- french fry, fry, chip (strip of deep-fried potato that has been cut into strips)
Declension
Hiri Motu
Etymology
From Motu ranu, from Proto-Oceanic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.
Noun
ranu
- water
References
- Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
- Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133
Javanese
Noun
ranu
- lake
Malagasy
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.
Noun
ranu
- (Bushi) water
References
Maori
Etymology
Related to nanu (“mixed, jumbled, indistinct, incoherent”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ranu
- to mix
Noun
ranu
- mixture
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 389-90
Further reading
- “ranu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Motu
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.
Noun
ranu
- water
References
- A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
- Blust's Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.nu/
- Rhymes: -anu
- Syllabification: ra‧nu
Noun
ranu n
- dative singular of rano
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
ranu
- inflection of ran:
- indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
- feminine accusative singular
Noun
ranu (Cyrillic spelling рану)
- accusative singular of rana
Wuvulu-Aua
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.
Noun
ranu
- (Aua) water
References
- Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
- Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia (1988): POC *dranum 'water' > PAd *dranu > Aua ranu, Wuvulu xanu