isu

Japanese 椅子.

isu (plural isu)

1. (sumo) An individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.

• isu-seki

• IUs, SIU, Siu, Sui, UIs

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

isu

1. deer

• Stark C., Sharon (Sara), Audrey (Andrea) Johnson P. and Benita González de Guzmán (compilers) (1999) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Xochapa, Guerrero‎, 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005

From Proto-Finnic *iso.

isu (genitive isu, partitive isu)

1. appetite

• head isu

• apetiit
• söögiisu

• isu in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

From English issue, from Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪsu/
• Hyphenation: isu

isu (first-person possessive isuku, second-person possessive isumu, third-person possessive isunya)

1. issue: any question or situation to be resolved.
2. (colloquial) rumor, rumour: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

   Synonyms: desas-desus, kabar angin

• “isu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

isu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いす

From English issue.

isu

1. issue

isù

1. young child

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

isù

1. deer

• Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19

isu

1. nose

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

isu

1. deer

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca‎ (in Mixtec and Spanish), third edition, 2014, page 11

• IPA^(key): /ī.sū/

isu

1. (chiefly NWY) Alternative form of iṣu (“yam”)

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù.

isu

1. deer

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 11

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• IPA^(key): /íːsu/

ī́su class 5 (plural amásu class 6)

1. means, method

   Synonym: icebo

2. plan of action, scheme, strategy

   Synonym: icebo

3. recipe

   Synonym: iresiphi

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-su”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-su (3.2.9)”