kunu

See also: 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)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 43
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