ilmu

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈilmu/ [ˈʔɪlmʊ]
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun

ílmu m (singulative ilmóyta m or ilmónta m or ilmoytá f or ilmontá f)

  1. (collective) bastards (illegitimate children)

Declension

Declension of ílmu
absolutive ílmu
predicative ílmu
subjective ilmí
genitive ilmí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ílmul
k-case ílmuk
t-case ílmut
h-case ílmuh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ilmu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Estonian

Noun

ilmu

  1. partitive plural of ilma

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ilmu, from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈilmu/ [ˈil.mu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilmu
  • Syllabification: il‧mu

Noun

ilmu (plural ilmu-ilmu)

  1. knowledge
    Synonym: pengetahuan
  2. science
    1. the collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline
      Synonym: ilmu pengetahuan
    2. a particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill
      Synonym: sains

Alternative forms

Usage notes

The word is commonly used in loan translation for Dutch -kunde and Dutch wetenschap. The term ilmu is used as translation for knowledge, while the term ilmu pengetahuan is used as translation for science.[1]

Affixed terms

Compounds

References

  1. ^ P. Wayong, Djenen, Tuti (1984) Daftar Istilah Pengetahuan Sosial [Social Sciences Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, page 45

Further reading

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ilma. Cognate with Finnish ilma and Estonian ilm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈilmu/
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu
  • Rhymes: -ilmu

Noun

ilmu

  1. air
  2. atmosphere
  3. the world

Declension

Declension of ilmu (Type 3/jalgu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ilmu ilmat
genitive ilman ilmoin
partitive ilmua ilmoi
illative ilmah ilmoih
inessive ilmas ilmois
elative ilmaspäi ilmoispäi
allative ilmale ilmoile
adessive ilmal ilmoil
ablative ilmalpäi ilmoilpäi
translative ilmakse ilmoikse
essive ilmannu ilmoinnu
abessive ilmattah ilmoittah
comitative ilmanke ilmoinke
instructive ilmoin
prolative ilmači

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 76

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ilmu (Jawi spelling علمو, plural ilmu-ilmu)

  1. knowledge, learning, science

Further reading