# anu
## Translingual
### Symbol

anu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anuak.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Anuak terms

## Afar
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʌˈnu/
* Hyphenation: a‧nu

### Pronoun

anú
* I
    Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Anguthimri
### Noun

anu
* (Mpakwithi) hip

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anus.

### Noun

anu m (plural anos)
* (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)
* (Western Asturias) Alternative form of añu

#### Related terms

* anal

## Aymara
### Noun

anu
* dog

## Chibcha
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anu/

### Noun

anu
* medium house, house smaller than the main one.

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

### Noun

anu
* year
* birthday

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Maori anu and Tahitian anu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.nu/, [ˈɐ.nu]

### Verb

anu
* (stative) to be cold

#### Derived terms

* anuanu
* Keanu

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anuʔ/
* Rhymes: -anu, -nu, -u

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

#### Pronoun

anu
* something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

anu
* to scold; to express anger
* to kill

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Compare Iban anu.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈanu/ [ˈa.nu]
* Rhymes: -anu
* Syllabification: a‧nu

### Noun

anu
* something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, thingamajig
* (slang) genital organ

### References

* “anu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* óne (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese ano.

### Noun

anu
* (Sotavento) year

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.nuː/, [ˈänuː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.nu/, [ˈäːnu]

### Noun

anū
* ablative singular of anus

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anu/
* Rhymes: -nu, -u

### Noun

anu (Jawi spelling انو, plural anu-anu, informal 1st possessive anuku, 2nd possessive anumu, 3rd possessive anunya)
* Someone or something whose name is not mentioned (on purpose, due to forgetting, etc.).
    si anu ― the (unknown) person
    hajat anu ― an unknown wish
* (mathematics) An unknown quantity or variable; an unknown.
    Dalam kiraan ini, 't' merupakan sebuah anu yang mewakili tinggi seorang pelajar.In this calculation, 't' is an unknown that stands for a student's height.

### Pronoun

anu (Jawi spelling انو)
* (obsolete) Synonym of itu.

#### Related terms

* itu
* nu (Kedah)

### Further reading

* “anu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-nu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Maori
### Noun

anu
* cold

### Further reading

* “anu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Matal
### Pronoun

anu
* we, us (first-person plural pronoun)
    Sufəl gulo, delga kà anu la abanay (Mark 9:5).My Lord, [it is] good that we [are] here(Mark 9:5)
    Musa atsetsèr à anu mapəhay uwanay (Luka 20:28).Moses wrote to us saying this (Luke 20:28)

### References

* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Mark/9
* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luka/20

## Old Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

### Noun

anu (plural enuein)
* name

#### Descendants

* Middle Welsh: enw
** Welsh: enw

## Pitjantjatjara
### Verb

anu
* past of ananyi (“go”): went, left

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* anum, ani

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi anũ.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈnu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈnu/
* Hyphenation: a‧nu

### Noun

anu m (plural anus)
* ani (bird)

#### Descendants

* →? English: ani

## Sranan Tongo

Picture dictionary :
anu :
* 1= ede
* 2= fesi
* 3= neki
* 4= skowru
* 5= borsu
* 6= kumba
* 7= ondrobere
* 8= mindrifutu
* 9= manpresi
* 10–14= futu
* 11= kindi
* 13= aifutu
* 15–19= anu
* 16= baka-anu
* 18= pòls

### Etymology

From English hand. Compare Maroon Spirit Language anu, Jamaican Creole an, Krio an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanu/, [ˈa̠nu], [ˈɑ̟nu]

### Noun

anu
* hand
* arm
* handful
* money that is paid out to the participants of a kasmoni

#### Derived terms

* baka-anu (“elbow”)
* ini-anu (“palm”)
* ondro-anu (“armpit”)

#### Descendants

* >? Aukan: ana

### References

* Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “anu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
* ↑ Kenneth M. Bilby (1983) “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 54

## Sundanese
### Alternative forms

* nu

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from *nu. Cognate with Indonesian anu (“thingamajig, genitals”), Javanese anu (“uh, umm”), Tagalog ano (“what”).

### Article

anu (Sundanese script ᮃᮔᮥ)
* An article that denotes a noun.
    anu maot ― the deceased
* An article that denotes ownership
    Anu urang mah lain nu ieu.This one's not mine

### Pronoun

anu (Sundanese script ᮃᮔᮥ)
* that, which
    Anu ieu ― This one

## Tarifit
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

anu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, plural anuten, diminutive tanut)
* pit, well

#### Declension
## Volapük
### Adverb

anu
* At this moment (now).