tanu

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

tanu

  1. imperative of tani

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly of the same origin as tano.

Pronunciation

Noun

tanu

  1. A traditional Finnish bonnet worn by women.
    Synonyms: liinalakki, tano

Declension

Inflection of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tanu tanut
genitive tanun tanujen
partitive tanua tanuja
illative tanuun tanuihin
singular plural
nominative tanu tanut
accusative nom. tanu tanut
gen. tanun
genitive tanun tanujen
partitive tanua tanuja
inessive tanussa tanuissa
elative tanusta tanuista
illative tanuun tanuihin
adessive tanulla tanuilla
ablative tanulta tanuilta
allative tanulle tanuille
essive tanuna tanuina
translative tanuksi tanuiksi
abessive tanutta tanuitta
instructive — tanuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tanuni tanuni
accusative nom. tanuni tanuni
gen. tanuni
genitive tanuni tanujeni
partitive tanuani tanujani
inessive tanussani tanuissani
elative tanustani tanuistani
illative tanuuni tanuihini
adessive tanullani tanuillani
ablative tanultani tanuiltani
allative tanulleni tanuilleni
essive tanunani tanuinani
translative tanukseni tanuikseni
abessive tanuttani tanuittani
instructive — —
comitative — tanuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tanusi tanusi
accusative nom. tanusi tanusi
gen. tanusi
genitive tanusi tanujesi
partitive tanuasi tanujasi
inessive tanussasi tanuissasi
elative tanustasi tanuistasi
illative tanuusi tanuihisi
adessive tanullasi tanuillasi
ablative tanultasi tanuiltasi
allative tanullesi tanuillesi
essive tanunasi tanuinasi
translative tanuksesi tanuiksesi
abessive tanuttasi tanuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tanuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tanumme tanumme
accusative nom. tanumme tanumme
gen. tanumme
genitive tanumme tanujemme
partitive tanuamme tanujamme
inessive tanussamme tanuissamme
elative tanustamme tanuistamme
illative tanuumme tanuihimme
adessive tanullamme tanuillamme
ablative tanultamme tanuiltamme
allative tanullemme tanuillemme
essive tanunamme tanuinamme
translative tanuksemme tanuiksemme
abessive tanuttamme tanuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tanuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tanunne tanunne
accusative nom. tanunne tanunne
gen. tanunne
genitive tanunne tanujenne
partitive tanuanne tanujanne
inessive tanussanne tanuissanne
elative tanustanne tanuistanne
illative tanuunne tanuihinne
adessive tanullanne tanuillanne
ablative tanultanne tanuiltanne
allative tanullenne tanuillenne
essive tanunanne tanuinanne
translative tanuksenne tanuiksenne
abessive tanuttanne tanuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tanuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tanunsa tanunsa
accusative nom. tanunsa tanunsa
gen. tanunsa
genitive tanunsa tanujensa
partitive tanuaan
tanuansa 		tanujaan
tanujansa
inessive tanussaan
tanussansa 		tanuissaan
tanuissansa
elative tanustaan
tanustansa 		tanuistaan
tanuistansa
illative tanuunsa tanuihinsa
adessive tanullaan
tanullansa 		tanuillaan
tanuillansa
ablative tanultaan
tanultansa 		tanuiltaan
tanuiltansa
allative tanulleen
tanullensa 		tanuilleen
tanuillensa
essive tanunaan
tanunansa 		tanuinaan
tanuinansa
translative tanukseen
tanuksensa 		tanuikseen
tanuiksensa
abessive tanuttaan
tanuttansa 		tanuittaan
tanuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tanuineen
tanuinensa

Further reading

Anagrams

Kituba

Numeral

tanu

  1. five

Luba-Kasai

Numeral

tanu

  1. five

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”). Compare Indonesian tanam, Chamorro tanom.

Verb

tanu

  1. to bury

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tanu

  1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of tanu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totanu fotanu mitanu
2nd notanu nitanu
3rd Masculine otanu itanu, yotanu†
Feminine motanu
Neuter itanu
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

tanu

  1. Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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