sinu

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See also: sínu and šinu

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Pronoun

sinu

  1. (interrogative) who

Estonian

Pronoun

sinu

  1. genitive of sina
  2. accusative of sina

Fijian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *sinu, cognate with Maori hinu and Hawaiian hinu both meaning "oil, fat, grease".

Noun

sinu

  1. unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling

Etymology 2

Noun

sinu

  1. 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

  1. sad
    Sinu iya ― He is sad

Verb

sinu

  1. 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

  1. ablative singular of sinus

References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Noun

sinu

  1. accusative/genitive singular of sitnu

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sinu f

  1. sinew, nerve, tendon

Declension

Declension of sinu (strong wō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sinu sinwa, sinwe
accusative sinwe sinwa, sinwe
genitive sinwe sinwa
dative sinwe sinwum

Descendants

Old High German

Determiner

sīnu

  1. strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular of sīn

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sinu (Cyrillic spelling сину)

  1. 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

  1. bell

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of sí inú (“towards the inside”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sí.nṹ/

Adverb

sínú

  1. 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.
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