different between rimu vs limu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori rimu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?mu?/

Noun

rimu (plural rimus or rimu)

1. A large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum.

Derived terms

• mountain rimu

See also

• Rimu (tree) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dacrydium cupressum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Muir, Rumi, muri

Maori

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

rimu

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)
2. a large tree native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum; see English rimu.

Descendants

• ? English: rimu

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