# imu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian imu.

### Noun

imu (plural imus)
* 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
* louse

### Further reading

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

## Ede Idaca
### Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ímṵ́ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi, Yoruba imú, and Igala ímọ́

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.mú/

### Noun

imú
* nose

### References

* Baloubi, Désiré (2005) The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha dialect of Yoruba‎, Charlotte, North Carolina: Conquering Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41

## Estonian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

imu (genitive imu, partitive imu)
* suction, sucking

#### Synonyms

* imemine

#### Compounds

* rasvaimu

## Finnish
### Etymology

From the verb imeä (“to suck”) +‎ -u.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈimu/, [ˈimu]
* Rhymes: -imu
* Hyphenation: imu

### Noun

imu
* suction
* 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.
* slipstream

#### Declension

Possessive forms of imu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
imuni
imuni
accusative
nom.
imuni
imuni
gen.
imuni
genitive
imuni
imujeni
partitive
imuani
imujani
inessive
imussani
imuissani
elative
imustani
imuistani
illative
imuuni
imuihini
adessive
imullani
imuillani
ablative
imultani
imuiltani
allative
imulleni
imuilleni
essive
imunani
imuinani
translative
imukseni
imuikseni
abessive
imuttani
imuittani
instructive
comitative
—imuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
imusi
imusi
accusative
nom.
imusi
imusi
gen.
imusi
genitive
imusi
imujesi
partitive
imuasi
imujasi
inessive
imussasi
imuissasi
elative
imustasi
imuistasi
illative
imuusi
imuihisi
adessive
imullasi
imuillasi
ablative
imultasi
imuiltasi
allative
imullesi
imuillesi
essive
imunasi
imuinasi
translative
imuksesi
imuiksesi
abessive
imuttasi
imuittasi
instructive
comitative
—imuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
imumme
imumme
accusative
nom.
imumme
imumme
gen.
imumme
genitive
imumme
imujemme
partitive
imuamme
imujamme
inessive
imussamme
imuissamme
elative
imustamme
imuistamme
illative
imuumme
imuihimme
adessive
imullamme
imuillamme
ablative
imultamme
imuiltamme
allative
imullemme
imuillemme
essive
imunamme
imuinamme
translative
imuksemme
imuiksemme
abessive
imuttamme
imuittamme
instructive
comitative
—imuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
imunne
imunne
accusative
nom.
imunne
imunne
gen.
imunne
genitive
imunne
imujenne
partitive
imuanne
imujanne
inessive
imussanne
imuissanne
elative
imustanne
imuistanne
illative
imuunne
imuihinne
adessive
imullanne
imuillanne
ablative
imultanne
imuiltanne
allative
imullenne
imuillenne
essive
imunanne
imuinanne
translative
imuksenne
imuiksenne
abessive
imuttanne
imuittanne
instructive
comitative
—imuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
imunsa
imunsa
accusative
nom.
imunsa
imunsa
gen.
imunsa
genitive
imunsa
imujensa
partitive
imuaan imuansa
imujaan imujansa
inessive
imussaan imussansa
imuissaan imuissansa
elative
imustaan imustansa
imuistaan imuistansa
illative
imuunsa
imuihinsa
adessive
imullaan imullansa
imuillaan imuillansa
ablative
imultaan imultansa
imuiltaan imuiltansa
allative
imulleen imullensa
imuilleen imuillensa
essive
imunaan imunansa
imuinaan imuinansa
translative
imukseen imuksensa
imuikseen imuiksensa
abessive
imuttaan imuttansa
imuittaan imuittansa
instructive
comitative
—imuineen imuinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (undertow): paluuvirtaus

#### Derived terms

* imuke
* imuttaa
* alipaineimuhoito
* hondurasinimujalkalepakko
* imuauto
* imubetoni
* imujalkalepakko
* imujuoksutin
* imujuuri
* imukaasu
* imukala
* imukarppi
* imukaula
* imukeräily
* imukeränen
* imukudos
* imukuppi
* imukyky
* imukärsä
* imulaite
* imulasi
* imuletku
* imumato
* imuneste
* imuohjaus
* imuoja
* imupaperi
* imupilli
* imupullo
* imupumppu
* imuputki
* imurauhanen
* imuruoppaaja
* imuruoppaus
* imusarja
* imusolmuke
* imusolu
* imusuodatin
* imusuoni
* imusuppilo
* imutahti
* imuventtiili
* isoimujalka
* juovaimubarbi
* madagaskarinimujalka
* rasvaimu
* vedenimukyky

### Further reading

* “imu”, 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 2023-07-02

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mu/

### Noun

imu
* imu (a traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground)

## Japanese
### Romanization

imu
* Rōmaji transcription of いむ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu or possibly from ing +‎ mu. Compare Cebuano imo, Aklanon imo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪˈmu/ [ɪˈmu]
* Hyphenation: i‧mu

### Pronoun

imu
* you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
* (in the singular) yours
    Imung inda. ― Your mom.

### Determiner

imu
* (in the singular) your

#### See also
## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

### Pronoun

imu (imu)
* dative of hē: him; to him

#### Descendants

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

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mu/, /i.ˈmu/

### Adverb

imu
* (interrogative) who?
    imu ini? ― who are you?
    imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?
    imu madadi sangaji? ― who became the sangaji?
    imu ma? ― whose? (ma here follows West Makian vowel harmony)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yámana
### Noun

imu
* father

## Yoruba

Picture dictionary :
imu
agbárí
ọpọlọ
ojú
ètè
imú
ẹnu
àgbọ̀n
ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́
etí
ìdètí
ọrùn :

### Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́. Cognate with Igbo imi and Igala ímọ́

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.mṹ/

### Noun

imú
* nose

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - imú (“nose”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | umú |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | umú |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | umú |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | umú |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | imọ́ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ímọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụmụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ụmụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụmụ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìsin LGA | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | imọ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | imú |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | émɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | imɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | imó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | imɔ́ |
| 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

* fọn imú (“to blow the nose”)
* igi imú (“nose bridge”)
* ihò imú (“nostril”)
* ikunmú (“nose mucus”)
* irun imú (“nose hair, moustache”)
* yínmú (“to sneer”)