different between limu vs imu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian limu (“moss”).

Noun

limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)

1. (Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 158:

     The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]

Anagrams

• IUML, milu, muli

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?limu/, [?limu]
• Rhymes: -imu
• Syllabification: li?mu

Noun

limu

1. (colloquial) soda, soft drink

Declension

Synonyms

• (colloquial) limppari, limsa
• limonaati

Anagrams

• Lumi, lumi, muli

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).

Noun

limu

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rimu.

Noun

limu

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta), seagrass

Tboli

Numeral

limu

1. five

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu

Noun

imu (plural imus)

1. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

See also

• kalua
• kalua pig

Anagrams

• -ium, MUI, Miu, Mui, UIM

Aisi

Noun

imu

1. louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (as im?)
• Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist, as imu)

Estonian

Etymology

From imema (“to suck”) +? -u. Cognate to Finnish imu.

Noun

imu (genitive elu, partitive elu)

1. suction, sucking

Declension

Synonyms

• imemine

Compounds

• rasvaimu

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +? -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?imu/, [?imu]
• Rhymes: -imu
• Syllabification: i?mu

Noun

imu

1. suction
2. undertow (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore)

   Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen.

   The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning.

3. slipstream

Declension

Synonyms

• (undertow): paluuvirtaus

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i.mu]

Noun

imu

1. A traditional underground oven consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

imu (imu)

1. dative of h?: him; to him

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ime, eme, ome, gim, jum, um
  • Dutch Low Saxon: em, um
  • German Low German: em, äm
  • Plautdietsch: am

Yámana

Noun

imu

1. father