-nu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Finnish

Etymology

See -nut.

Suffix

-nu (front vowel harmony variant -ny, linguistic notation -nU) (colloquial, dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of -nut

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon -nù

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nũ̀/

Suffix

-nù

  1. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
    Synonyms: -tɔ́, -tọ́, -ví
    Xwlà (“Xwla”) → Xwlànù (“Xwla person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Xwla origin”)
    Ayɔ̀ (“Yoruba”) → Ayɔ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Yoruba origin”)
    Fɔ̀n (“Fon”) → Fɔ̀nnù (“Fon person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Fon origin”)

Derived terms
  • Ayɔ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnicity”)
  • Ayọ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnicity”)
  • Dànhòmẹ̀nù (“someone from Dahomey”)
  • Dànxòmɛ̀nù (“someone from Dahomey”)
  • Fọ̀nnù (“Fon person/ethnicity”)
  • Gunnù (“Gun person/ethnicity”)
  • Whlànù (“Xwla person/ethnicity”)
  • Xwlànù (“Xwla person/ethnicity”)

Makasar

Alternative forms
  • -nnu

Pronunciation

Suffix

-nu (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

  1. your (familiar second person singular and plural)

See also
Makasar free and bound pronouns
Independent Absolutive Nominative Possessive
1st sg / 1st pl excl nakke -a' ku- -ku
1st pl excl (archaic) kambe -kang ki- -mang
1st pl incl / 2nd sg polite katte -ki' ki- -ta
2nd sg / pl familiar kau -ko nu- -nu
3rd sg / pl ia -i na- -na

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-nut.

Suffix

-nu

  1. (having) -ed; forms the past active participle of verbs.

Inflection
Inflection of -nu (inflection type 34/kolnu)
nominative sing. -nu
genitive sing. -nuden
partitive sing. -nut
partitive plur. -nuzid
singular plural
nominative -nu -nuded
accusative -nuden -nuded
genitive -nuden -nuziden
partitive -nut -nuzid
essive-instructive -nuden -nuzin
translative -nudeks -nuzikš
inessive -nudes -nuziš
elative -nudespäi -nuzišpäi
illative -nudehe -nuzihe
adessive -nudel -nuzil
ablative -nudelpäi -nuzilpäi
allative -nudele -nuzile
abessive -nudeta -nuzita
comitative -nudenke -nuzidenke
prolative -nutme -nuzidme
approximative I -nudenno -nuzidenno
approximative II -nudennoks -nuzidennoks
egressive -nudennopäi -nuzidennopäi
terminative I -nudehesai -nuzihesai
terminative II -nudelesai -nuzilesai
terminative III -nudessai —
additive I -nudehepäi -nuzihepäi
additive II -nudelepäi -nuzilepäi

Derived terms

Category Veps past active participles not found
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