rehu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rëhu. Related to Karelian rehu, Votic rõhu and possibly Livonian rõ’v.

Pronunciation

Noun

rehu

  1. fodder, animal feed, forage
  2. (colloquial, humorous, usually in the plural) vegetables (as human food)

Declension

Inflection of rehu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative rehu rehut
genitive rehun rehujen
partitive rehua rehuja
illative rehuun rehuihin
singular plural
nominative rehu rehut
accusative nom. rehu rehut
gen. rehun
genitive rehun rehujen
partitive rehua rehuja
inessive rehussa rehuissa
elative rehusta rehuista
illative rehuun rehuihin
adessive rehulla rehuilla
ablative rehulta rehuilta
allative rehulle rehuille
essive rehuna rehuina
translative rehuksi rehuiksi
abessive rehutta rehuitta
instructive — rehuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rehu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rehuni rehuni
accusative nom. rehuni rehuni
gen. rehuni
genitive rehuni rehujeni
partitive rehuani rehujani
inessive rehussani rehuissani
elative rehustani rehuistani
illative rehuuni rehuihini
adessive rehullani rehuillani
ablative rehultani rehuiltani
allative rehulleni rehuilleni
essive rehunani rehuinani
translative rehukseni rehuikseni
abessive rehuttani rehuittani
instructive — —
comitative — rehuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rehusi rehusi
accusative nom. rehusi rehusi
gen. rehusi
genitive rehusi rehujesi
partitive rehuasi rehujasi
inessive rehussasi rehuissasi
elative rehustasi rehuistasi
illative rehuusi rehuihisi
adessive rehullasi rehuillasi
ablative rehultasi rehuiltasi
allative rehullesi rehuillesi
essive rehunasi rehuinasi
translative rehuksesi rehuiksesi
abessive rehuttasi rehuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — rehuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rehumme rehumme
accusative nom. rehumme rehumme
gen. rehumme
genitive rehumme rehujemme
partitive rehuamme rehujamme
inessive rehussamme rehuissamme
elative rehustamme rehuistamme
illative rehuumme rehuihimme
adessive rehullamme rehuillamme
ablative rehultamme rehuiltamme
allative rehullemme rehuillemme
essive rehunamme rehuinamme
translative rehuksemme rehuiksemme
abessive rehuttamme rehuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — rehuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rehunne rehunne
accusative nom. rehunne rehunne
gen. rehunne
genitive rehunne rehujenne
partitive rehuanne rehujanne
inessive rehussanne rehuissanne
elative rehustanne rehuistanne
illative rehuunne rehuihinne
adessive rehullanne rehuillanne
ablative rehultanne rehuiltanne
allative rehullenne rehuillenne
essive rehunanne rehuinanne
translative rehuksenne rehuiksenne
abessive rehuttanne rehuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — rehuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rehunsa rehunsa
accusative nom. rehunsa rehunsa
gen. rehunsa
genitive rehunsa rehujensa
partitive rehuaan
rehuansa 		rehujaan
rehujansa
inessive rehussaan
rehussansa 		rehuissaan
rehuissansa
elative rehustaan
rehustansa 		rehuistaan
rehuistansa
illative rehuunsa rehuihinsa
adessive rehullaan
rehullansa 		rehuillaan
rehuillansa
ablative rehultaan
rehultansa 		rehuiltaan
rehuiltansa
allative rehulleen
rehullensa 		rehuilleen
rehuillensa
essive rehunaan
rehunansa 		rehuinaan
rehuinansa
translative rehukseen
rehuksensa 		rehuikseen
rehuiksensa
abessive rehuttaan
rehuttansa 		rehuittaan
rehuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — rehuineen
rehuinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Hawaiian lehu (“ash”); Tahitian rehu (“ash, grey colour”) and rehurehu (“twilight”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Fijian dravu (“ashes”) and dravuloa (“grey”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Malay dapur (“kitchen”) and Tagalog dapog (“open fire”)).[2][3] Doublet of rehurehu, nehu, and nehunehu.

Noun

rehu

  1. dust
    Synonym: nehu
  2. mist
  3. spray

Adjective

rehu

  1. misty

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 406-7
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “refu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 74-5

Further reading

  • “rehu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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