emu

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English

WOTD – 26 January 2019

Etymology 1

An emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae; sense 2)

Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

emu (plural emus)

  1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
    • 1656, John Tradescant [the elder], “Some Kindes of Birds Their Egges, Beaks, Feathers, Clawes, and Spurres”, in Musæum Tradescantianum: Or, A Collection of Rarities. Preserved at South-Lambeth neer London by John Tradescant, London: Printed by John Grismond, and are to be sold by Nathanael Brooke […], →OCLC, pages 1 and 3:
      [page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter.
    • 1752, John Hill, “CASUARIUS. [The Cassowary.]”, in An History of Animals. […], London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 482:
      It is a native both of the Eaſt and Weſt Indies; and all the writers on birds have deſscribed it. Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi] calls it Emeu ſive Eme; Boulius, Emeu vulgo Caſoarius; and others, Caſſuarus.
  2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]
    • 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume V, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, part I (An History of Birds), pages 59 and 60:
      [page 59] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.
    • 1829, “The Progress of Zoology”, in T[homas] Crofton Croker, editor, The Christmas Box. An Annual Present to Young Persons, London: John Ebers and Co. 27 Old Bond Street; Philadelphia, Pa.: Thomas Wardle, →OCLC, page 176:
      From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.
    • 1864 June 4, William Bennett, “Acclimation and Breeding of Emeus (Dromius irroratus, Bartlett) in Surrey”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, volume XXII, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, chapter II:
      I left my young emeus […] just parted from their affectionate father, and not yet fully reconciled to beginning the world on their own account.
    • 1873, Anthony Trollope, “Wool”, in Australia and New Zealand. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 219–220:
      A stranger cannot but remark, throughout the pastoral districts of Australia, how seldom he sees sheep as he travels along. […] It may be that he will also expect emus and kangaroos, and he will generally be disappointed also in regard to them. Kangaroos I certainly have seen in great numbers, though by no means so often as I expected. An emu running wild I never did see. Tame emus round the houses in towns are very common, and of emus’ eggs there is a plethora.
    • 2015, Sankar Chatterjee, “The Avian Revolution Begins”, in The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, 2nd edition, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 191:
      Both cassowaries and emus are large, flightless, cursorial birds with diminutive wings. […] Emus, the world's second largest living birds, live in Australia and are the only extant member of the genus Dromaius.
Usage notes

A flock of emus is generally called a mob.

Alternative forms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: エミュー
  • → Polish: emu
Translations
Further reading

Etymology 2

From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).

Pronunciation

Noun

emu (plural emu)

  1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit.
    Synonym: EMU
    • 1941, Henry A[ugustus Perkins], edited by E[dward] U[hler] Condon, College Physics (Prentice-Hall Physics Series), New York, N.Y.: Prentice-Hall, →OCLC, page 403:
      A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.
    • 1962, “Abstracts of Papers Submitted for the Meeting in Houston: November 12–14, 1962”, in Geological Society of America: Abstracts for 1962: Abstracts of Papers Submitted for Six Meetings with which the Society was Associated (Special GSA Papers; no. 73), New York, N.Y.: Geological Society of America, published 1963, →OCLC, page 141:
      Rock Magnetic Properties as Related to a Magnetometer Profile for Serpentines, Sierra Nevada, California / DuBOIS, ROBERT L., Dept. Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. / The remanent magnetism of a suite of specimens from a serpentine mass in the Sierra Nevada, California, has a declination of N. 32°E. and an inclination of plus 84°. The average intensity is 80 × 10−5 emu/cc.
    • 1974, William Berkson, “Maxwell’s Field Theory”, in Fields of Force: The Development of a World View from Faraday to Einstein, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN; republished Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, →ISBN, page 168:
      The amount of charge named by one emu is that which produces a unit magnetic effect when flowing in a current at one unit length per second.
    • 1976, John Aloysius O’Keefe, Tektites and Their Origin (Developments in Petrology; 4), Amsterdam, New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 109:
      Early investigations showed no detectable magnetic intensity in tektite glass, at the level of about 10−4 emu/g. (To convert measurements in emu/g to S.I., multiply by 103.)
    • 2005, Peter Mohn, “Experimental Basis of Ferromagnetism”, in Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction (Solid-State Sciences), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 39:
      Experimentally the magnetic moment is usually given in units of emu/g, emu/cm3 or emu/mole.
Translations
Further reading

Etymology 3

From emu(lator).

Pronunciation

Noun

emu (plural emus)

  1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator.
    • 2005 February 24, Dane L. Galden, “Could this be used for classic emus on GBA?”, in rec.games.video.classic‎[2] (Usenet), message-ID <9XkTd.5830$Ba3.2608@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>:
      Saw this article for playing downloadable games on GBA. It's an official Nintendo product in Japan, and thought it might be useful for Nintendo to release actual emus and some of their older game properties (beyond the $20 classic series).
Translations
Further reading

References

  1. ^ “emu, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1891; James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Emeu, emu”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 120, column 3.

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

emu m anim

  1. emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)

Declension

Also indeclinable.

Declension of emu (masculine animate in -u)
singular plural
nominative emu emuové
genitive emua emuů
dative emuovi emuům
accusative emua emuy
vocative emu emuové
locative emuovi emuech
instrumental emuem emuy

Esperanto

Verb

emu

  1. imperative of emi

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu.

Noun

emu

  1. emu

Finnish

Etymology

From English emu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈemu/, [ˈe̞mu]
  • Rhymes: -emu
  • Syllabification(key): e‧mu

Noun

emu

  1. emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only extant species in its genus)

Declension

Inflection of emu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative emu emut
genitive emun emujen
partitive emua emuja
illative emuun emuihin
singular plural
nominative emu emut
accusative nom. emu emut
gen. emun
genitive emun emujen
partitive emua emuja
inessive emussa emuissa
elative emusta emuista
illative emuun emuihin
adessive emulla emuilla
ablative emulta emuilta
allative emulle emuille
essive emuna emuina
translative emuksi emuiksi
abessive emutta emuitta
instructive — emuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of emu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emuni emuni
accusative nom. emuni emuni
gen. emuni
genitive emuni emujeni
partitive emuani emujani
inessive emussani emuissani
elative emustani emuistani
illative emuuni emuihini
adessive emullani emuillani
ablative emultani emuiltani
allative emulleni emuilleni
essive emunani emuinani
translative emukseni emuikseni
abessive emuttani emuittani
instructive — —
comitative — emuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emusi emusi
accusative nom. emusi emusi
gen. emusi
genitive emusi emujesi
partitive emuasi emujasi
inessive emussasi emuissasi
elative emustasi emuistasi
illative emuusi emuihisi
adessive emullasi emuillasi
ablative emultasi emuiltasi
allative emullesi emuillesi
essive emunasi emuinasi
translative emuksesi emuiksesi
abessive emuttasi emuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — emuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative emumme emumme
accusative nom. emumme emumme
gen. emumme
genitive emumme emujemme
partitive emuamme emujamme
inessive emussamme emuissamme
elative emustamme emuistamme
illative emuumme emuihimme
adessive emullamme emuillamme
ablative emultamme emuiltamme
allative emullemme emuillemme
essive emunamme emuinamme
translative emuksemme emuiksemme
abessive emuttamme emuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — emuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative emunne emunne
accusative nom. emunne emunne
gen. emunne
genitive emunne emujenne
partitive emuanne emujanne
inessive emussanne emuissanne
elative emustanne emuistanne
illative emuunne emuihinne
adessive emullanne emuillanne
ablative emultanne emuiltanne
allative emullenne emuillenne
essive emunanne emuinanne
translative emuksenne emuiksenne
abessive emuttanne emuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — emuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative emunsa emunsa
accusative nom. emunsa emunsa
gen. emunsa
genitive emunsa emujensa
partitive emuaan
emuansa 		emujaan
emujansa
inessive emussaan
emussansa 		emuissaan
emuissansa
elative emustaan
emustansa 		emuistaan
emuistansa
illative emuunsa emuihinsa
adessive emullaan
emullansa 		emuillaan
emuillansa
ablative emultaan
emultansa 		emuiltaan
emuiltansa
allative emulleen
emullensa 		emuilleen
emuillensa
essive emunaan
emunansa 		emuinaan
emuinansa
translative emukseen
emuksensa 		emuikseen
emuiksensa
abessive emuttaan
emuttansa 		emuittaan
emuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — emuineen
emuinensa

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

  1. emu

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmu]
  • Hyphenation: e‧mu
  • Rhymes: -mu

Noun

emu (plural emuk)

  1. emu

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative emu emuk
accusative emut emukat
dative emunak emuknak
instrumental emuval emukkal
causal-final emuért emukért
translative emuvá emukká
terminative emuig emukig
essive-formal emuként emukként
essive-modal — —
inessive emuban emukban
superessive emun emukon
adessive emunál emuknál
illative emuba emukba
sublative emura emukra
allative emuhoz emukhoz
elative emuból emukból
delative emuról emukról
ablative emutól emuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		emué emuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		emuéi emukéi
Possessive forms of emu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. emum emuim
2nd person sing. emud emuid
3rd person sing. emuja emui
1st person plural emunk emuink
2nd person plural emutok emuitok
3rd person plural emujuk emuik

Further reading

  • emu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • emu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Japanese

Romanization

emu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えむ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エム

Nupe

Etymology 1

Èmu

Pronunciation

Noun

èmu (plural èmuzhì)

  1. baobab fruit
Derived terms
  • muci (“baobab tree”)

See also

  • kúka (“baobab leaf”)

Etymology 2

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mu (“to be tasty”).

Pronunciation

Noun

èmu

  1. tastiness

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
emu

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Template:pl-p

Noun

emu n (indeclinable)

  1. emu (any ratite of the genus Dromaius)

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “emu”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “emu”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN

Further reading

  • emu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • emu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • emu in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu, from Portuguese ema (“rhea”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

  1. emu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French émou or German Emu.

Noun

emu m (plural emu)

  1. emu

Declension

Declension of emu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) emu emuul (niște) emu emui
genitive/dative (unui) emu emuului (unor) emu emulor
vocative emuule emulor

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.ˈmu/, [ə.ˈmu]

Noun

emu

  1. nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)

Swedish

Noun

emu c

  1. an emu

Declension

Declension of emu
nominative genitive
singular indefinite emu emus
definite emun emuns
plural indefinite emuer emuers
definite emuerna emuernas

Tooro

Tooro numbers (edit)
10
1 2  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: -mu, (in abstract counting) emu
    Ordinal: -a okubanza
    Adverbial: kubanza, enyalimu, omurundi gumu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /éːmu/

Numeral

emu

  1. one
  2. inflection of -mu:
    1. class 4
    2. class 9
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