kunu

See also: Kunu, kūnu, kūnų, and -kunu-

Anguthimri

Adverb

kunu

1. (Mpakwithi) now

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkunu]
• Rhymes: -unu
• Hyphenation: ki‧nu

Noun

kunu

1. accusative singular of kuna

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh (“roast over a fire”) (compare Maori tunu, Chamorro tunu).

Verb

kunu

1. to broil

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• kianuu (mesolectal Jamaican Creole), kianu (mesolectal Jamaican Creole)

Etymology

From English canoe.

Noun

kunu (plural kunu dem, quantified kunu)

1. Alternative spelling of canoe

Jumaytepeque

Verb

kunu

1. buy

References

• Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunu/

Noun

kunu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kuna

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.nu/

Verb

kunu

1. second-person plural imperative of kien

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kunu (Cyrillic spelling куну)

1. third-person plural present of kleti

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkunu]

Noun

kunu

1. accusative singular of kuna

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *kúnú.

Verb

kunu

1. (intransitive) run
2. (transitive) run away, flee

Derived terms

• skunu

 

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

kunu

1. deeply

Adjective

kunu

1. deep

Etymology 3

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

Verb

kunu

1. (transitive) weave

Etymology 4

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

Noun

kunu

1. roof

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 43