# tanu
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtanu]

### Verb

tanu
* first-person singular present of tanout

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtanu/

### Verb

tanu
* imperative of tani

## Finnish
### Etymology

Possibly of the same origin as tano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑnu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝nu]
* Rhymes: -ɑnu
* Hyphenation: ta‧nu

### Noun

tanu
* A traditional Finnish bonnet worn by women.
    Synonyms: liinalakki, tano

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tanu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tanuni
tanuni
accusative
nom.
tanuni
tanuni
gen.
tanuni
genitive
tanuni
tanujeni
partitive
tanuani
tanujani
inessive
tanussani
tanuissani
elative
tanustani
tanuistani
illative
tanuuni
tanuihini
adessive
tanullani
tanuillani
ablative
tanultani
tanuiltani
allative
tanulleni
tanuilleni
essive
tanunani
tanuinani
translative
tanukseni
tanuikseni
abessive
tanuttani
tanuittani
instructive
comitative
—tanuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tanusi
tanusi
accusative
nom.
tanusi
tanusi
gen.
tanusi
genitive
tanusi
tanujesi
partitive
tanuasi
tanujasi
inessive
tanussasi
tanuissasi
elative
tanustasi
tanuistasi
illative
tanuusi
tanuihisi
adessive
tanullasi
tanuillasi
ablative
tanultasi
tanuiltasi
allative
tanullesi
tanuillesi
essive
tanunasi
tanuinasi
translative
tanuksesi
tanuiksesi
abessive
tanuttasi
tanuittasi
instructive
comitative
—tanuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tanumme
tanumme
accusative
nom.
tanumme
tanumme
gen.
tanumme
genitive
tanumme
tanujemme
partitive
tanuamme
tanujamme
inessive
tanussamme
tanuissamme
elative
tanustamme
tanuistamme
illative
tanuumme
tanuihimme
adessive
tanullamme
tanuillamme
ablative
tanultamme
tanuiltamme
allative
tanullemme
tanuillemme
essive
tanunamme
tanuinamme
translative
tanuksemme
tanuiksemme
abessive
tanuttamme
tanuittamme
instructive
comitative
—tanuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tanunne
tanunne
accusative
nom.
tanunne
tanunne
gen.
tanunne
genitive
tanunne
tanujenne
partitive
tanuanne
tanujanne
inessive
tanussanne
tanuissanne
elative
tanustanne
tanuistanne
illative
tanuunne
tanuihinne
adessive
tanullanne
tanuillanne
ablative
tanultanne
tanuiltanne
allative
tanullenne
tanuillenne
essive
tanunanne
tanuinanne
translative
tanuksenne
tanuiksenne
abessive
tanuttanne
tanuittanne
instructive
comitative
—tanuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tanunsa
tanunsa
accusative
nom.
tanunsa
tanunsa
gen.
tanunsa
genitive
tanunsa
tanujensa
partitive
tanuaan tanuansa
tanujaan tanujansa
inessive
tanussaan tanussansa
tanuissaan tanuissansa
elative
tanustaan tanustansa
tanuistaan tanuistansa
illative
tanuunsa
tanuihinsa
adessive
tanullaan tanullansa
tanuillaan tanuillansa
ablative
tanultaan tanultansa
tanuiltaan tanuiltansa
allative
tanulleen tanullensa
tanuilleen tanuillensa
essive
tanunaan tanunansa
tanuinaan tanuinansa
translative
tanukseen tanuksensa
tanuikseen tanuiksensa
abessive
tanuttaan tanuttansa
tanuittaan tanuittansa
instructive
comitative
—tanuineen tanuinensa :

### Further reading

* “tanu”, 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

### Anagrams

* -ntua, nuta, taun, unta

## Kituba
### Numeral

tanu
* five

## Kongo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

### Numeral

tanu
* five

## Luba-Kasai
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-táànò.

### Numeral

tanu
* five

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tanum (compare with Rarotongan tanu “to plant, to till, to cultivate land”, Tahitian tanu “to dig, to sow seeds”, Samoan tanu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“to plant” – compare with Malay tanam “to plant [of trees etc], to bury”, Chamorro tanom, Cebuano tanom, Tagalog tanim “planting, harbouring of a grudge”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”).

### Verb

tanu (passive tanumia)
* to plant (trees etc, seeds into the ground)
    Synonyms: tiri, tiritiri
* to bury
    Synonyms: tāpuke, tārehu, nehu
* to smother with something
    Synonym: tāmoe

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tanu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 132-3

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tanu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 441
* “tanu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“bury”). Compare Malay tanam, Chamorro tanom.

### Verb

tanu
* to bury

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.nu/

### Verb

tanu
* (transitive) to cover

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪a.n̪o/

### Noun

tanu
* Alternative form of tano (“sugarcane”)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics