tanu

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanu/

tanu

1. imperative of tani

Possibly of the same origin as tano.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧nu

tanu

1. A traditional Finnish bonnet worn by women.

   Synonyms: liinalakki, tano

• “tanu”, 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 2023-07-03

• -ntua, nuta, taun, unta

tanu

1. five

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

tanu

1. five

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

tanu

1. five

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

tanu

1. to bury

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.nu/

tanu

1. (transitive) to cover

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪a.n̪o/

tanu

1. Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)

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