solu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin solus.

Adjective

solu m sg (feminine singular sola, neuter singular solo, masculine plural solos, feminine plural soles)

1. sole
2. alone

Noun

solu m (plural solos)

1. (music) solo

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably sola (“narrow space or gap between buildings”) +‎ -u. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1858.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsolu/,
• Rhymes: -olu
• Syllabification^(key): so‧lu

Noun

solu

1. (biology, communication, computing) cell
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of soluasunto.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kenno, selli

Further reading

• “solu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoluˣ/,
• Rhymes: -olu
• Syllabification^(key): so‧lu

Verb

solu

1. inflection of solua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Soul, Sulo, soul, sulo, ulos

Latvian

Noun

solu m

1. inflection of sols:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Verb

solu

1. first-person singular present indicative of solīt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

solu

1. instrumental singular of sol

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. No corresponding cognates (i.e. feminine o-stem nouns) in the other Germanic languages. Likely a back-formation from solu (“swamp, bog”, literally “miry places, muds”), the nominative/accusative plural of sol (“soil, mud, miry place”), taken collectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.lu/

Noun

solu f

1. mire
2. a miry place

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: sole
  • English: sole, soal