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luu

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lumba with u as a placeholder.

Symbol

luu

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uu
  • Syllabification: lu‧u
  • Hyphenation: luu

Verb

luu

  1. imperative of lui

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Pronunciation

Noun

luu (genitive luu, partitive luud)

  1. (anatomy) bone

Usage notes

See kont.

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation), singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • luu”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • luu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • luu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • luu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː/, [ˈluː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Syllabification(key): luu
  • Hyphenation(key): luu

Noun

luu

  1. bone (one of the rigid structural elements in a skeleton)
  2. bone (material making up the bones in a skeleton)
  3. bone (part of a corset)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

verbs
compounds

See also

Further reading

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu. Cognates include Finnish luu and Estonian luu.

Pronunciation

Noun

luu

  1. bone
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:
      Hänel ono jääneet vaa nahka sulkiinka ja luut.
      On him only skin, feathers and bones remain.

Declension

More information Declension of (type 8/maa, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 281
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Karelian

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu. Cognate with Finnish luu and Veps lu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː/
  • Hyphenation: luu

Noun

luu (genitive luun, partitive luuta / luuda, diminutive luuhut)

  1. bone

Declension

More information Viena Karelian declension of luu (type 6/pimie, no gradation), singular ...
More information Tver Karelian declension of luu (type 6/pimie, no gradation), singular ...
More information Possessive forms of, 1st person ...

References

  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “luu”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 96
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “luu”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “luu”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu. Cognates include Finnish luu and Estonian luu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː/
  • Hyphenation: luu
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

luu (genitive luun, partitive luudu)

  1. bone

Declension

More information Declension of (Type 15/suu, no gradation), singular ...

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu. Cognates include Finnish luu and Veps lu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Hyphenation: luu

Noun

luu

  1. bone

Declension

More information Declension of (type 6/mua, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Juho Kujola (1944), Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 219
  • M. Pahomov (2022), “luu”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ, Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 96
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Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Noun

luu (genitive luu, partitive luud)

  1. bone

Inflection

Derived terms

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Pronunciation

Noun

luu

  1. bone
  2. shive (of flax)

Inflection

More information Declension of (type I/maa, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “luu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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