# inu
## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.nu/

### Pronoun

inu
* you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite personal pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular | plural or formal |
| 1st person | ine | ife |
| 2nd person | iwe | inu |
| 3rd person | iye | iwo |

## Copainalá Zoque
### Noun

inu
* black sapote (Diospyros nigra)

### References

* Harrison, Roy, Harrison, Margaret, García H., Cástulo (1981) Diccionario zoque de Copainalá (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 23)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 49

## Czech
### Etymology

Related to nu, no.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪnu]

### Interjection

inu
* well
    Inu, nevím, nevím, ale když to ráčíš tvrdit.Well, I'm not sure about it but if you dare to say so.

#### See also

* holt
* zkrátka
* ovšem
* tedy
* tak
* tož

### Further reading

* “inu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “inu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Gothic
### Romanization

inu
* Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌿

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum (compare Malay minum).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.nu/

### Noun

inu
* a drink

### Verb

inu
* (transitive) to drink

#### Usage notes

* Passive/imperative form: inumia.

#### Derived terms

* hāinu (“to give to drink”)

## Japanese
### Romanization

inu
* Rōmaji transcription of いぬ
* Rōmaji transcription of イヌ

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum.

### Noun

inu
* liquid, drink

### Verb

inu (used in the form inu-mia)
* to drink
** 2021, “Kai Whatu”, performed by Alien Weaponry:Ka inu tō toto, Kaiwhatu ahau, Paimārire mātouYour blood is drunk, I am The Eye Eater, We are Paimārire

## Nias
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum.

### Verb

inu (imperfective manginu)
* (transitive) to drink

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 107.

## Rayón Zoque
### Verb

inu
* (intransitive) be annoyed

### References

* Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

## San Juan Colorado Mixtec
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *inoʔ.

#### Noun

inu
* tobacco

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ìnò. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

ìnù
* glass
* mirror
* glasses
    Synonym: inu quɨhɨ nuu yo

### References

* Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 18

## San Miguel el Grande Mixtec
### Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *inoʔ.

### Noun

inu
* cigarette

### References

* Dyk, Anne, Stoudt, Betty (1965) Vocabulario mixteco de San Miguel el Grande (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 12)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, published 1973, pages 15, 74

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Conjunction

inu
* and

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum.

### Verb

inu
* drink

## Tarifit
### Pronoun

inu (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵏⵓ)
* mine, my
    inuIt's mine.
    ak utcma-s d tenni inuWith his sister and mine.
    taddart-a inuThis is my house.

#### Inflection

Inflection forms of n :
| | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| | m | f | m | f |
| 1st person | inu | inu | nneɣ | nneɣ |
| 2nd person | nnec | nnem | nwem | nkent |
| 3rd person | nnes | nnes | nsen | nsent |

## Xhosa
### Pronoun

-inu
* Combining stem of nina used with possessive concords.

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-nʊ̃́ or Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-lʊ̃́. Perhaps from the same root as Yoruba àánú (“mercy”), Yoruba ẹ̀nị́nụ́. Compare with Ifè inɔ́

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.nṹ/

### Noun

inú
* stomach, abdomen
    Synonym: ikùn
* inside, interior
* (idiomatic) mind, heart
    Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀mí, ẹ̀dọ̀
* (idiomatic) womb
* (idiomatic) secret

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - inú (“stomach, inside, interior, etc.”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | unọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | inọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ínọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụnụ́, ịnụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ụnụ́, ịnụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụnụ́, ịnụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | inọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | inọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | inọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | inọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | inọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | inú, unú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | inɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | inɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | inṹ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | inɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | inɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | inú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | inṹ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | énɔ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | nɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | inɔ̃́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | inɔ̃́ |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

#### Derived terms

* bínú (“to become upset”)
* ejò-inú (“tapeworm”)
* fiyè dénú (“to be tolerant; to be forgiving”)
* inú búburú (“wickedness”)
* inú rere (“goodness”)
* inú-ara (“internal organ, inner body parts”)
* inú-bíbàjẹ́ (“sorry”)
* inú-fùfù (“rashness”)
* inú-kíkún (“constipation”)
* inú-lílọ́ (“stomachache”)
* inú-ríru (“nausea, mental rage”)
* inú-rírun (“stomachache”)
* inú-ṣíṣu (“diarrhea”)
* nínú (“on the inside”)
* ojú-inú (“imagination”)
* ọgbọ́n inú (“intuition”)
* ọlọ́pàá-inú (“secret agent”)
* sínú (“into”)
* ìbànújẹ́ (“sadness”)
* ìbínú (“anger”)
* ìyọ́nú (“anger”)

## Zulu
### Pronoun

-inu
* Combining stem of nina used with possessive concords.