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Brooke's Point Palawano
Pronoun
sinu
- (interrogative) who
Estonian
Pronoun
sinu
- genitive of sina
- accusative of sina
Fijian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *sinu, cognate with Maori hinu and Hawaiian hinu both meaning "oil, fat, grease".
Noun
sinu
- unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling
Etymology 2
Noun
sinu
- a shrub of species Phaleria disperma.
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sinu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Gatty, Ronald (2009) “sinu”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 230
Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sinuʔ/
Adjective
sinu
- sad
- Sinu iya ― He is sad
Verb
sinu
- to pity; feel sorry for someone
Aku sinu ke iya laban iya nadai duit.- I feel sorry for him because he has no money.
Latin
Noun
sinū
- ablative singular of sinus
References
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
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Noun
sinu
- accusative/genitive singular of sitnu
Old English
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sinu f
- sinew, nerve, tendon
Declension
Declension of sinu (strong wō-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: synwe, senow, senewe, senowe, senue, senwe, synewe, synoghe, synow, synue, synuwe, synueu; senuwe, seonuwe, seonuwwe (Early Middle English); cynew, cynwe, sinewe, sinnu, syneou, synneu, synnew, synnou, synnow, zenewe (Late Middle English); syn (from Old Norse sin)
Old High German
Determiner
sīnu
- strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular of sīn
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sinu (Cyrillic spelling сину)
- accusative singular of sina
Tetum
Etymology
From Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Old Galician-Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Noun
sinu
- bell
Yoruba
Etymology
Contraction of sí inú (“towards the inside”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sí.nṹ/
Adverb
sínú
- into; in
- Bá mi kódọ̀tí sínú apẹ̀rẹ̀. ― Help me pack the rubbish into the bin.
- Ta ló jù ú sínú odò? ― Who threw it into the river?
Usage notes
- used when movement is implied, when no movement is implied nínú is used.