anu

Symbol

anu

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Anuak terms

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): /ʌˈnu/
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

Pronoun

anú

1. I

   Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

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)

Noun

anu

1. (Mpakwithi) hip

References

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

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

Noun

anu

1. dog

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.

Etymology

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

Noun

anu

1. year
2. birthday

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

Etymology 2

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nuː/, [ˈänuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nu/, [ˈäːnu]

Noun

anū

1. ablative singular of anus

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, informal 1st possessive anuku, 2nd possessive anumu, 3rd possessive anunya)

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.

Further reading

• “anu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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

Noun

anu

1. cold

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.