lanu

See also: Lanu, lanu', ľanu, lánu, and lánů

Anguthimri

Noun

lanu

  1. (Mpakwithi) sea

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Old Frisian lane, lone, lona, Old Saxon lana, Old Norse lǫn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.nu/

Noun

lanu f

  1. lane, street

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative lanu lana, lane
accusative lane lana, lane
genitive lane lana
dative lane lanum

Descendants

  • Middle English: lane, lone
    • English: lane (dialectal loan)
    • Scots: lone, loan
    • Yola: laane
    • → Irish: lána

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lanu

  1. dative/vocative/locative singular of lan

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈla.nu]
  • Hyphenation: la‧nu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tongan lanu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

  1. color

Verb

lanu

  1. (stative) to be coloured
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Tongan anu and Samoan lanu.

Verb

lanu

  1. (stative) to be washed of salt

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Hawaiian nalu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

  1. amniotic fluid

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 180

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tokelauan lanu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

  1. color
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