lanu

See also: Lanu, lanu', ľanu, lánu, and lánů

Anguthimri

Noun

lanu

1. (Mpakwithi) sea

References

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• lane, lone — weak

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Old Frisian lane, lone, lona, Old Saxon lana, Old Norse lǫn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.nu/

Noun

lanu f

1. lane, street

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lanu	lana, lane
accusative	lane	lana, lane
genitive	lane	lana
dative	lane	lanum

Descendants

• Middle English: lane, lone
  • English: lane (dialectal loan)
    • ⇒ English: lonnen, loanen, lonnin
    • → Middle Scots: lane
    • → Welsh: lôn
  • Scots: lone, loan
  • Yola: laane
  • → Irish: lána

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lanu

1. dative/vocative/locative singular of lan

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.nu]
• Hyphenation: la‧nu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tongan lanu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

1. color

Verb

lanu

1. (stative) to be coloured

Derived terms

• lanumoana

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Tongan anu and Samoan lanu.

Verb

lanu

1. (stative) to be washed of salt

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Hawaiian nalu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

1. amniotic fluid

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 180

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lanu. Cognates include Tokelauan lanu and Samoan lanu.

Noun

lanu

1. color