imu

See also: IMU

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu.

Noun

imu (plural imus)

  1. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

See also

Anagrams

Aisi

Noun

imu

  1. louse

Further reading

Ede Idaca

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi, Yoruba imú, and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.mú/

Noun

imú

  1. nose

References
  • Baloubi, Désiré (2005) The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha dialect of Yoruba‎, Charlotte, North Carolina: Conquering Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41

Estonian

Etymology

From imema (“to suck”) +‎ -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.

Noun

imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)

  1. suction, sucking

Declension
Inflection of imu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imu imud
accusative imu imud
genitive imu imude
partitive imu imusid
illative immu
imusse		 imudesse
inessive imus imudes
elative imust imudest
allative imule imudele
adessive imul imudel
ablative imult imudelt
translative imuks imudeks
terminative imuni imudeni
essive imuna imudena
abessive imuta imudeta
comitative imuga imudega

Synonyms
  • imemine

Compounds

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈimu/, [ˈimu]
  • Rhymes: -imu
  • Syllabification(key): i‧mu

Noun

imu

  1. suction
  2. undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)
    Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.
    The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.
  3. slipstream

Declension
Inflection of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative imu imut
genitive imun imujen
partitive imua imuja
illative imuun imuihin
singular plural
nominative imu imut
accusative nom. imu imut
gen. imun
genitive imun imujen
partitive imua imuja
inessive imussa imuissa
elative imusta imuista
illative imuun imuihin
adessive imulla imuilla
ablative imulta imuilta
allative imulle imuille
essive imuna imuina
translative imuksi imuiksi
instructive — imuin
abessive imutta imuitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of imu (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative imuni imuni
accusative nom. imuni imuni
gen. imuni
genitive imuni imujeni
partitive imuani imujani
inessive imussani imuissani
elative imustani imuistani
illative imuuni imuihini
adessive imullani imuillani
ablative imultani imuiltani
allative imulleni imuilleni
essive imunani imuinani
translative imukseni imuikseni
instructive — —
abessive imuttani imuittani
comitative — imuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative imusi imusi
accusative nom. imusi imusi
gen. imusi
genitive imusi imujesi
partitive imuasi imujasi
inessive imussasi imuissasi
elative imustasi imuistasi
illative imuusi imuihisi
adessive imullasi imuillasi
ablative imultasi imuiltasi
allative imullesi imuillesi
essive imunasi imuinasi
translative imuksesi imuiksesi
instructive — —
abessive imuttasi imuittasi
comitative — imuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative imumme imumme
accusative nom. imumme imumme
gen. imumme
genitive imumme imujemme
partitive imuamme imujamme
inessive imussamme imuissamme
elative imustamme imuistamme
illative imuumme imuihimme
adessive imullamme imuillamme
ablative imultamme imuiltamme
allative imullemme imuillemme
essive imunamme imuinamme
translative imuksemme imuiksemme
instructive — —
abessive imuttamme imuittamme
comitative — imuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative imunne imunne
accusative nom. imunne imunne
gen. imunne
genitive imunne imujenne
partitive imuanne imujanne
inessive imussanne imuissanne
elative imustanne imuistanne
illative imuunne imuihinne
adessive imullanne imuillanne
ablative imultanne imuiltanne
allative imullenne imuillenne
essive imunanne imuinanne
translative imuksenne imuiksenne
instructive — —
abessive imuttanne imuittanne
comitative — imuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative imunsa imunsa
accusative nom. imunsa imunsa
gen. imunsa
genitive imunsa imujensa
partitive imuaan
imuansa		 imujaan
imujansa
inessive imussaan
imussansa		 imuissaan
imuissansa
elative imustaan
imustansa		 imuistaan
imuistansa
illative imuunsa imuihinsa
adessive imullaan
imullansa		 imuillaan
imuillansa
ablative imultaan
imultansa		 imuiltaan
imuiltansa
allative imulleen
imullensa		 imuilleen
imuillensa
essive imunaan
imunansa		 imuinaan
imuinansa
translative imukseen
imuksensa		 imuikseen
imuiksensa
instructive — —
abessive imuttaan
imuttansa		 imuittaan
imuittansa
comitative — imuineen
imuinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈi.mu]

Noun

imu

  1. A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

imu (imu)

  1. dative of hē: him; to him

Declension
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

 - - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: ime, eme, ome, gim, jum, um
    • Dutch Low Saxon: em, um
    • German Low German: em, äm
    • Plautdietsch: am

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mu/, /i.ˈmu/

Adverb

imu

  1. (interrogative) who?
    imu ini? ― who are you?
    imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?
    imu madadi sangaji? ― who became the sangaji?
    imu ma? ― whose? (ma here follows West Makian vowel harmony)

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yámana

Noun

imu

  1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.mṹ/

Noun

imú

  1. nose

Derived terms
  • fọn imú (“to blow the nose”)
  • igi imú (“nose bridge”)
  • ihò imú (“nostril”)
  • ikunmú (“nose mucus”)
  • irun imú (“nose hair, moustache”)
  • yínmú (“to sneer”)
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