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See also: Appendix:Variations of "olu"
Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ólu m
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
olu
Further reading[edit]
- Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)
Bambara[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
olu
See also[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)
- existence
- essence
- circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)
Declension[edit]
Declension of olu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Based on ilu (“he, him”) and elu (“she, her”) + -u (“denoting a person”).
Pronoun[edit]
olu (plural oli)
Derived terms[edit]
- oli (“they, them”) (neuter)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Personal pronouns in Ido
Singular | Plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
Notes | |||||||
The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. |
Igala[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-lũ or Proto-Yoruboid *o-rũ. Cognate with Yoruba oorun
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ólu
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
olu f
- inflection of ola:
Xhosa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ôlu
- this; class 11 proximal demonstrative.
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- elú (Ifẹ̀)
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Igala ónú and Itsekiri olú
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
olú
- leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero
- A common prefix for Yoruba given names and surnames, see Olú
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
olú
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
òlú
Categories:
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar masculine nouns
- Amaimon lemmas
- Amaimon nouns
- Bambara lemmas
- Bambara pronouns
- Estonian terms suffixed with -u
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian elu-type nominals
- Ido terms suffixed with -u
- Ido lemmas
- Ido pronouns
- Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Igala terms with IPA pronunciation
- Igala lemmas
- Igala nouns
- igl:Sleep
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms
- Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa pronouns
- Xhosa demonstrative pronouns
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba determiners
- Ekiti Yoruba
- yo:Fungi
- Usẹn Yoruba