anu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anu"

Translingual

Symbol

anu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anuak.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anuak terms

Afar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnu/ [ʔʌˈnʊ]
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

Pronoun

anú

1. I

   Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

See also

Afar personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
subject	singular	anú	atú	úsuk	ís
	plural	nanú	isín	úsun
object	singular	yó	kó	ká	tét
	plural	né	sín	kén

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “anu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Anguthimri

Noun

anu

1. (Mpakwithi) hip

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anus.

Noun

anu m (plural anos)

1. (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)
2. (Western Asturias) alternative form of añu

Related terms

• anal

Aymara

Noun

anu

1. dog

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anu/

Noun

anu

1. medium house, house smaller than the main one.

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

Noun

anu

1. year
2. birthday

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Maori anu and Tahitian anu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.nu/, [ˈɐ.nu]

Verb

anu

1. (stative) to be cold

Derived terms

• anuanu
• Keanu

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anuʔ/
• Rhymes: -anu, -nu, -u

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

Pronoun

anu

1. something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

Etymology 2

Verb

anu

1. to scold; to express anger
2. to kill

Indonesian

Etymology

Compare Iban anu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanu/ [ˈa.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: a‧nu

Noun

anu

1. something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, thingamajig
2. (slang) genital organ

References

• “anu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• óne (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese ano.

Noun

anu

1. (Sotavento) year

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nu]

Noun

anū

1. ablative singular of anus

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anu/
• Rhymes: -nu, -u

Noun

anu (Jawi spelling انو, plural anu-anu or anu²)

1. Someone or something whose name is not mentioned (on purpose, due to forgetting, etc.).

   si anu ― the (unknown) person

   hajat anu ― an unknown wish

2. (mathematics) An unknown quantity or variable; an unknown.

   Dalam kiraan ini, 't' merupakan sebuah anu yang mewakili tinggi seorang pelajar.

   In this calculation, 't' is an unknown that stands for a student's height.

Pronoun

anu (Jawi spelling انو)

1. (obsolete) synonym of itu

Related terms

• itu
• nu (Kedah)

Further reading

• "anu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-nu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Hawaiian anu and Tahitian anu.

Noun

anu

1. cold

Derived terms

• anuanu

Further reading

• “anu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.