лу

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Eastern Mari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: лу

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mari *lŭw, from Proto-Uralic *luka.

Numeral

лу (lu)

Eastern Mari cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : лу (lu)
  1. ten
    лу еҥ
    lu jeŋ
    ten people

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *luwe. Cognates include Finnish luu.

Noun

лу (lu)

  1. (anatomy) bone
    лу ден коваште веле
    lu den kovašte veĺe
    skin and bones, nothing but skin and bones
  2. ivory
Declension
Declension of лу
singular plural
nominative лу (lu) лу-влак (lu-vlak)
accusative лум (lum) лу-влакым (lu-vlakym)
genitive лун (lun) лу-влакын (lu-vlakyn)
dative лулан (lulan) лу-влаклан (lu-vlaklan)
comitative луге (luge) лу-влакге (lu-vlakge)
comparative лула (lula) лу-влакла (lu-vlakla)
inessive лушто (lušto) лу-влакыште (lu-vlakyšte)
illative (short) луш (luš) лу-влакыш (lu-vlakyš)
illative (long) лушко (luško) лу-влакышке (lu-vlakyške)
lative луэш (lueš) лу-влакеш (lu-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of лу
singular plural
1st person луэм (luem) луна (luna)
2nd person луэт (luet) луда (luda)
3rd person лужо (lužo) лушт (lušt)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “лу”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Nivkh

Pronunciation

Noun

лу (lu)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin) song
    лоча лу
    loc’a lu
    Russian song