-nu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Finnish

Etymology

See -nut.

Suffix

-nu (front vowel harmony variant -ny, linguistic notation -nU) (colloquial, dialectal)

1. Alternative form of -nut

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon -nù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nũ̀/

Suffix

-nù

1. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.

   Synonyms: -tɔ́, -tọ́, -ví

   Xwlà (“Xwla”) → Xwlànù (“Xwla person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Xwla origin”)

   Ayɔ̀ (“Yoruba”) → Ayɔ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Yoruba origin”)

   Fɔ̀n (“Fon”) → Fɔ̀nnù (“Fon person/ethnic group”, literally “person/people of Fon origin”)

Derived terms

• Ayɔ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnicity”)
• Ayọ̀nù (“Yoruba person/ethnicity”)
• Dànhòmẹ̀nù (“someone from Dahomey”)
• Dànxòmɛ̀nù (“someone from Dahomey”)
• Fọ̀nnù (“Fon person/ethnicity”)
• Gunnù (“Gun person/ethnicity”)
• Whlànù (“Xwla person/ethnicity”)
• Xwlànù (“Xwla person/ethnicity”)

 

Makasar

Alternative forms

• -nnu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nu]

Suffix

-nu (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

1. your (familiar second person singular and plural)

See also

Makasar free and bound pronouns

	Independent	Absolutive	Nominative	Possessive
1st sg / 1st pl excl	nakke	-a'	ku-	-ku
1st pl excl (archaic)	kambe	-kang	ki-	-mang
1st pl incl / 2nd sg polite	katte	-ki'	ki-	-ta
2nd sg / pl familiar	kau	-ko	nu-	-nu
3rd sg / pl	ia	-i	na-	-na

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-nut.

Suffix

-nu

1. (having) -ed; forms the past active participle of verbs.

Inflection

Inflection of -nu (inflection type 34/kolnu)
nominative sing.	-nu
genitive sing.	-nuden
partitive sing.	-nut
partitive plur.	-nuzid
	singular	plural
nominative	-nu	-nuded
accusative	-nuden	-nuded
genitive	-nuden	-nuziden
partitive	-nut	-nuzid
essive-instructive	-nuden	-nuzin
translative	-nudeks	-nuzikš
inessive	-nudes	-nuziš
elative	-nudespäi	-nuzišpäi
illative	-nudehe	-nuzihe
adessive	-nudel	-nuzil
ablative	-nudelpäi	-nuzilpäi
allative	-nudele	-nuzile
abessive	-nudeta	-nuzita
comitative	-nudenke	-nuzidenke
prolative	-nutme	-nuzidme
approximative I	-nudenno	-nuzidenno
approximative II	-nudennoks	-nuzidennoks
egressive	-nudennopäi	-nuzidennopäi
terminative I	-nudehesai	-nuzihesai
terminative II	-nudelesai	-nuzilesai
terminative III	-nudessai	—
additive I	-nudehepäi	-nuzihepäi
additive II	-nudelepäi	-nuzilepäi

Derived terms

Category Veps past active participles not found