olu

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈolu/ [ˈʔɔlʊ]
  • Hyphenation: o‧lu

Noun

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ólu m 

  1. shrubbery

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Amaimon

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Noun

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olu

  1. pumpkin

Further reading

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Bambara

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Pronoun

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olu

  1. (emphatic) they, them

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *olo, from olema (to be) +‎ -u.

Noun

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olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)

  1. existence
  2. essence
  3. circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)

Declension

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Declension of olu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative olu olud
accusative nom.
gen. olu
genitive olude
partitive olu olusid
illative ollu
olusse
oludesse
inessive olus oludes
elative olust oludest
allative olule oludele
adessive olul oludel
ablative olult oludelt
translative oluks oludeks
terminative oluni oludeni
essive oluna oludena
abessive oluta oludeta
comitative oluga oludega

Ido

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Based on ilu (he, him) and elu (she, her) +‎ -u (denoting a person).

Pronoun

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olu (plural oli)

  1. it, that

Derived terms

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  • oli (they, them) (neuter)
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  • lu (he, him, she, her, it, that)
  • ilu (he, him) (masculine)
  • elu (she, her) (feminine)

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Igala

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Etymology

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Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-lũ or Proto-Yoruboid *o-rũ. Cognate with Yoruba oorun

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ólu

  1. sleep, slumber, nap

Derived terms

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References

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  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Latvian

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Noun

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olu f

  1. inflection of ola:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Xhosa

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ôlu

  1. this; class 11 proximal demonstrative.

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Igala ónú and Itsekiri olú

Pronunciation

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Noun

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olú

  1. leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero
    Synonyms: ọwá, ọba, ọlọ́jà, elú
  2. A common prefix for Yoruba given names and surnames, see Olú
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Etymology 2

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Not related to Igala óru (which instead is cognate with Yoruba osun, esunsun). Unclear if this etymology is related to Etymology 1. Possibly related to Igbo eru

Pronunciation

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Noun

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olú

  1. mushroom, fungi, or toadstool
    Synonyms: osun, esunsun, àṣẹ̀ṣẹ́
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Etymology 3

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Determiner

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òlú

  1. (Ekiti, Usẹn) how much
    Synonym: èló