anu

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈnu/
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

anú

1. I

   Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

• 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

anu

1. (Mpakwithi) hip

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

Borrowed from Latin anus.

anu m (plural anos)

1. (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)
2. (Western Asturias) Alternative form of añu

• anal

anu

1. dog

• IPA^(key): /anu/

anu

1. medium house, house smaller than the main one.

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

anu

1. year
2. birthday

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Maori anu and Tahitian anu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.nu/, [ˈɐ.nu]

anu

1. (stative) to be cold

• anuanu
• Keanu

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

anu

1. something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

anu

1. to scold; to express anger
2. to kill

Compare Iban anu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanu/ [ˈa.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: a‧nu

anu

1. something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, thingamajig
2. (slang) genital organ

• “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.

• óne (Barlavento)

From Portuguese ano.

anu

1. (Sotavento) year

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

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

anū

1. ablative singular of anus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

• IPA^(key): /anu/
• Rhymes: -nu, -u

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.

anu (Jawi spelling انو)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of itu.

• itu
• nu (Kedah)

• “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

anu

1. cold

• “anu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

anu

1. we, us (first-person plural pronoun)

   Sufəl gulo, delga kà anu la abanay (Mark 9:5).^[1]

   My Lord, [it is] good that we [are] here(Mark 9:5)

   Musa atsetsèr à anu mapəhay uwanay (Luka 20:28).^[2]

   Moses wrote to us saying this (Luke 20:28)

From Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

anu (plural enuein)

1. name

• Middle Welsh: enw
  • Welsh: enw

anu

1. past of ananyi (“go”): went, left

• anum, ani

Borrowed from Old Tupi anũ.

• Hyphenation: a‧nu

anu m (plural anus)

1. ani (bird)

• →? English: ani

Picture dictionary
1= ede 2= fesi 3= neki 4= skowru 5= borsu 6= kumba 7= ondrobere 8= mindrifutu 9= manpresi 10–14= futu 11= kindi 13= aifutu 15–19= anu 16= baka-anu 18= pòls

From English hand.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanu/, [ˈa̠nu], [ˈɑ̟nu]

anu

1. hand
2. arm
3. handful
4. money that is paid out to the participants of a kasmoni

• >? Aukan: ana

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “anu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

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anu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, plural anuten, diminutive tanut)

1. pit, well

Declension of anu
	Singular	Plural
free state	anu	anuten
construct state	wanu	wanuten

anu

1. At this moment (now).