limu

See also: Lìmù

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian limu, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut.

Noun

limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)

  1. (Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 158:
      The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

limu

  1. (colloquial) soda, soft drink

Declension
Inflection of limu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative limu limut
genitive limun limujen
partitive limua limuja
illative limuun limuihin
singular plural
nominative limu limut
accusative nom. limu limut
gen. limun
genitive limun limujen
partitive limua limuja
inessive limussa limuissa
elative limusta limuista
illative limuun limuihin
adessive limulla limuilla
ablative limulta limuilta
allative limulle limuille
essive limuna limuina
translative limuksi limuiksi
instructive — limuin
abessive limutta limuitta
comitative — limuineen

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).

Noun

limu

  1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rimu.

Noun

limu

  1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta), seagrass

Tboli

Numeral

limu

  1. five
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