etu
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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]etu
See also
[edit]Ainu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu (Kana spelling エトゥ)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *etu. Equivalent to esi- + -u; originally "the area in front of something" (now all but confined to etu-), from which the other senses have developed through figurative use, perhaps already in Proto-Finnic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu
- advantage
- benefit, interest
- (dated or dialectal) the area in front of something
- (dated or dialectal) front (of something)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of etu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | etu | edut | |
genitive | edun | etujen | |
partitive | etua | etuja | |
illative | etuun | etuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | etu | edut | |
accusative | nom. | etu | edut |
gen. | edun | ||
genitive | edun | etujen | |
partitive | etua | etuja | |
inessive | edussa | eduissa | |
elative | edusta | eduista | |
illative | etuun | etuihin | |
adessive | edulla | eduilla | |
ablative | edulta | eduilta | |
allative | edulle | eduille | |
essive | etuna | etuina | |
translative | eduksi | eduiksi | |
abessive | edutta | eduitta | |
instructive | — | eduin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “advantage”): haitta
Derived terms
[edit]- asemaetu
- asuntoetu
- autoetu
- edukas
- edullinen
- edunjättäjä
- edunpalautus
- edunsaaja
- eduntasoitus
- edunvalvoja
- edunvalvonta
- edus
- erikoisetu
- etuasema
- etujärjestö
- etukortti
- etumerkintä
- etuosake
- etupiiri
- eturiita
- eturistiriita
- etuseteli
- etutasapaino
- etuus
- etuvastakohta
- etuyhtymä
- harvaetuhampaiset
- henkilökuntaetu
- ilmaisetu
- jäsenetu
- kanta-asiakasetu
- kauppaetu
- kehitysetu
- kilpailuetu
- kokonaisetu
- kotikenttäetu
- lisäetu
- luontaisetu
- luontoisetu
- materiaalietu
- mittakaavaetu
- omaneduntavoittelija
- palkkaetu
- sosiaalietu
- synergiaetu
- talon etu
- tilaetu
- työsuhde-etu
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “etu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu f (definite singular eto, indefinite plural etur, definite plural etune)
Anagrams
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Verb
[edit]etu
- third-person singular imperative active of eti (“to come”)
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-etu (declinable)
- our (first-person plural possessive adjective)
Inflection
[edit]Inflected forms of -etu
See also
[edit]Swahili possessive adjectives
Tetum
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu
- rice (either cooked or being cooked)
Umbundu
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]etu
- we (first-person plural pronoun)
See also
[edit]Umbundu personal pronouns
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare with Olukumi ẹtú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *V-tú, *è-tú, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *V-tú. May either be cognate with Àhàn atu, or Ahan may have borrowed this term from Ekiti
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ètú
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Yoruba *e-tu, from Proto-Edekiri *e-tu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-tu
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etu
- (Ekiti) duiker; (in particular) Maxwell's duiker
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-tù
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etù
Etymology 4
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etù
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