assu

See also: áššu and ас-су

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Verb

assu

  1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) to eat

References

Kuna

Noun

assu

  1. dog

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasu/

Adjective

assu

  1. comparative degree of asse: easier

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: fusa
  • Scottish Gaelic: fasa, fusa

Mutation

Mutation of assu
radical lenition nasalization
assu
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 assu n-assu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • अस्सु (Devanagari script)
  • অস্সু (Bengali script)
  • අස‍්සු (Sinhalese script)
  • အဿု or ဢသ်သု (Burmese script)
  • อสฺสุ or อัสสุ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩔᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອສ຺ສຸ or ອັສສຸ (Lao script)
  • អស្សុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Verb

assu

  1. third-person plural optative active of atthi (“to be”)

Etymology 2

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru
    Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru)
    Pali assu

    Inherited from Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru, from *h₂eḱ-.

    Noun

    assu n

    1. tear (clear, salty fluid from the eye)
    Declension
    Declension table of "assu" (neuter)
    Case \ NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)assuassūni or assū
    Accusative (second)assuṃassūni or assū
    Instrumental (third)assunāassūhi or assūbhi
    Dative (fourth)assussa or assunoassūnaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)assusmā or assumhāassūhi or assūbhi
    Genitive (sixth)assussa or assunoassūnaṃ
    Locative (seventh)assusmiṃ or assumhiassūsu
    Vocative (calling)assuassūni or assū
    Descendants
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