litu

lit- +‎ -u, probably of the same origin as litistää, litteä (compare litussa, littuun); the ungeminated -t- instead of -tt- may be influence from litukka or lituska, or even itu (“sprout”). The word was given its current botanical sense by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in his Flora Fennica from 1860, prior to which the word mainly meant "thin, semi-ripe (pea) pod".

• IPA^(key): /ˈlitu/, [ˈlit̪u]
• Rhymes: -itu
• Syllabification^(key): li‧tu

litu

1. (botany) silique, siliqua (long – length more than twice the width – fruit of a cruciferous plant)
2. (botany) silicle, silicula, silicule (short silique)

• “litu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• luit, luti, tuli

litu

1. third-person plural past indicative of líta
2. third-person plural past subjunctive of líta

litū

1. ablative supine of linō

From French lithium.

litu class 9 (plural litu class 10, colloquial plural balitu class 2)

1. (chemistry) lithium

litu

1. third-person plural past active indicative of líta

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.tu/

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• Rhymes: -itu
• Syllabification: li‧tu

litu m inan

1. genitive singular of lit

Borrowed from Spanish cabrito.

litu

1. kid (young goat)

• 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 45