tanu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tanu"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanu/

Verb

tanu

1. imperative of tani

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly of the same origin as tano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝nu]
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧nu

Noun

tanu

1. A traditional Finnish bonnet worn by women.

   Synonyms: liinalakki, tano

Declension

Inflection of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tanu	tanut
genitive		tanun	tanujen
partitive		tanua	tanuja
illative		tanuun	tanuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tanu	tanut
accusative	nom.	tanu	tanut
	gen.	tanun
genitive		tanun	tanujen
partitive		tanua	tanuja
inessive		tanussa	tanuissa
elative		tanusta	tanuista
illative		tanuun	tanuihin
adessive		tanulla	tanuilla
ablative		tanulta	tanuilta
allative		tanulle	tanuille
essive		tanuna	tanuina
translative		tanuksi	tanuiksi
abessive		tanutta	tanuitta
instructive		—	tanuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tanuni tanuni accusative nom. tanuni tanuni gen. tanuni genitive tanuni tanujeni partitive tanuani tanujani inessive tanussani tanuissani elative tanustani tanuistani illative tanuuni tanuihini adessive tanullani tanuillani ablative tanultani tanuiltani allative tanulleni tanuilleni essive tanunani tanuinani translative tanukseni tanuikseni abessive tanuttani tanuittani instructive — — comitative — tanuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tanusi tanusi accusative nom. tanusi tanusi gen. tanusi genitive tanusi tanujesi partitive tanuasi tanujasi inessive tanussasi tanuissasi elative tanustasi tanuistasi illative tanuusi tanuihisi adessive tanullasi tanuillasi ablative tanultasi tanuiltasi allative tanullesi tanuillesi essive tanunasi tanuinasi translative tanuksesi tanuiksesi abessive tanuttasi tanuittasi instructive — — comitative — tanuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tanumme tanumme accusative nom. tanumme tanumme gen. tanumme genitive tanumme tanujemme partitive tanuamme tanujamme inessive tanussamme tanuissamme elative tanustamme tanuistamme illative tanuumme tanuihimme adessive tanullamme tanuillamme ablative tanultamme tanuiltamme allative tanullemme tanuillemme essive tanunamme tanuinamme translative tanuksemme tanuiksemme abessive tanuttamme tanuittamme instructive — — comitative — tanuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tanunne tanunne accusative nom. tanunne tanunne gen. tanunne genitive tanunne tanujenne partitive tanuanne tanujanne inessive tanussanne tanuissanne elative tanustanne tanuistanne illative tanuunne tanuihinne adessive tanullanne tanuillanne ablative tanultanne tanuiltanne allative tanullenne tanuillenne essive tanunanne tanuinanne translative tanuksenne tanuiksenne abessive tanuttanne tanuittanne instructive — — comitative — tanuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tanunsa tanunsa accusative nom. tanunsa tanunsa gen. tanunsa genitive tanunsa tanujensa partitive tanuaan tanuansa tanujaan tanujansa inessive tanussaan tanussansa tanuissaan tanuissansa elative tanustaan tanustansa tanuistaan tanuistansa illative tanuunsa tanuihinsa adessive tanullaan tanullansa tanuillaan tanuillansa ablative tanultaan tanultansa tanuiltaan tanuiltansa allative tanulleen tanullensa tanuilleen tanuillensa essive tanunaan tanunansa tanuinaan tanuinansa translative tanukseen tanuksensa tanuikseen tanuiksensa abessive tanuttaan tanuttansa tanuittaan tanuittansa instructive — — comitative — tanuineen tanuinensa

Further reading

• “tanu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• -ntua, nuta, taun, unta

Kituba

Numeral

tanu

1. five

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

Numeral

tanu

1. five

Luba-Kasai

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

Numeral

tanu

1. five

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tanum (compare with Rarotongan tanu “to plant, to till, to cultivate land”, Tahitian tanu “to dig, to sow seeds”, Samoan tanu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“to plant” – compare with Malay tanam “to plant [of trees etc], to bury”, Chamorro tanom, Cebuano tanom, Tagalog tanim “planting, harbouring of a grudge”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”).

Verb

tanu (passive tanumia)

1. to plant (trees etc, seeds into the ground)

   Synonyms: tiri, tiritiri

2. to bury

   Synonyms: tāpuke, tārehu, nehu

3. to smother with something

   Synonym: tāmoe

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tanu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 441
• “tanu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”). Compare Malay tanam, Chamorro tanom.

Verb

tanu

1. to bury

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.nu/

Verb

tanu

1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of tanu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totanu	fotanu	mitanu
2nd	notanu	nitanu
3rd	Masculine	otanu	itanu, yotanu†
Feminine	motanu
Neuter	itanu
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪a.n̪o/

Noun

tanu

1. Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics