iwu

See also: I-wu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu, compare Malay ribu and Wolio rewu.

Numeral

iwu

1. thousand

Alternative forms

• ewu

Derived terms

• iniwu
• kewwan
• mapasewu
• mewwiwu
• pasewu
• pinasewu
• sakasewu
• sewu

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦺꦮꦸ (èwu, “thousand”)

Further reading

• "iwu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tsuut'ina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iwu/

Noun

iwu^?

1. corn

References

• "Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." YouTube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.wu/

Adverb

iwu

1. (interrogative) how many, how much?

   nopoli namu de esi iwu? ― how many (chicken) eggs did you buy?

   win iwu fawa sine? ― how long (how many days) will you stay here?

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Èyé oníṣápá pẹ̀lú iwú lórí

Alternative forms

• ewú

Etymology

From Proto-Yoruboid *í-ɓṹ, cognate with Igala ímú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.wú/

Noun

iwú

1. (Ekiti) gray hair

   Ín ó fọọ́ piwú ― May you use your hand to rub gray hair (a prayer to reach old age)