imu

See also: IMU and imü

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

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]
  • Hyphenation: 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 — imuineen

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 - - -
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

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