# itu
## Big Nambas
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /itu/

### Verb

itu
* give
    Patu pai ani!Give him a yam!.

### References

* Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse í tvau (“in two (parts)”), originally a prepositional phrase.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ituː/, [iˈtˢuːˀ]

### Adverb

itu
* broken
* torn
    Synonyms: i stykker, ødelagt

## Faroese
### Alternative forms

* hitu (Suðuroy)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːtu/
* Rhymes: -iːtu

### Verb

itu
* first/second/third-person plural past of eita

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *itu (compare Estonian idu), derived from itää; equivalent to itää (“to sprout, germinate”) +‎ -u.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈitu/, [ˈit̪u]
* Rhymes: -itu
* Hyphenation: itu

### Noun

itu
* sprout (a germinated seed or grain; the first phase of a plant growing from a seed or grain)
* (topology, mathematics) germ

#### Declension

Possessive forms of itu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ituni
ituni
accusative
nom.
ituni
ituni
gen.
ituni
genitive
ituni
itujeni
partitive
ituani
itujani
inessive
idussani
iduissani
elative
idustani
iduistani
illative
ituuni
ituihini
adessive
idullani
iduillani
ablative
idultani
iduiltani
allative
idulleni
iduilleni
essive
itunani
ituinani
translative
idukseni
iduikseni
abessive
iduttani
iduittani
instructive
comitative
—ituineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
itusi
itusi
accusative
nom.
itusi
itusi
gen.
itusi
genitive
itusi
itujesi
partitive
ituasi
itujasi
inessive
idussasi
iduissasi
elative
idustasi
iduistasi
illative
ituusi
ituihisi
adessive
idullasi
iduillasi
ablative
idultasi
iduiltasi
allative
idullesi
iduillesi
essive
itunasi
ituinasi
translative
iduksesi
iduiksesi
abessive
iduttasi
iduittasi
instructive
comitative
—ituinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
itumme
itumme
accusative
nom.
itumme
itumme
gen.
itumme
genitive
itumme
itujemme
partitive
ituamme
itujamme
inessive
idussamme
iduissamme
elative
idustamme
iduistamme
illative
ituumme
ituihimme
adessive
idullamme
iduillamme
ablative
idultamme
iduiltamme
allative
idullemme
iduillemme
essive
itunamme
ituinamme
translative
iduksemme
iduiksemme
abessive
iduttamme
iduittamme
instructive
comitative
—ituinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
itunne
itunne
accusative
nom.
itunne
itunne
gen.
itunne
genitive
itunne
itujenne
partitive
ituanne
itujanne
inessive
idussanne
iduissanne
elative
idustanne
iduistanne
illative
ituunne
ituihinne
adessive
idullanne
iduillanne
ablative
idultanne
iduiltanne
allative
idullenne
iduillenne
essive
itunanne
ituinanne
translative
iduksenne
iduiksenne
abessive
iduttanne
iduittanne
instructive
comitative
—ituinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
itunsa
itunsa
accusative
nom.
itunsa
itunsa
gen.
itunsa
genitive
itunsa
itujensa
partitive
ituaan ituansa
itujaan itujansa
inessive
idussaan idussansa
iduissaan iduissansa
elative
idustaan idustansa
iduistaan iduistansa
illative
ituunsa
ituihinsa
adessive
idullaan idullansa
iduillaan iduillansa
ablative
idultaan idultansa
iduiltaan iduiltansa
allative
idulleen idullensa
iduilleen iduillensa
essive
itunaan itunansa
ituinaan ituinansa
translative
idukseen iduksensa
iduikseen iduiksensa
abessive
iduttaan iduttansa
iduittaan iduittansa
instructive
comitative
—ituineen ituinensa :

#### Derived terms

* idunestoaine
* idunviritys
* itujyvänen
* ituplasma
* iturata
* itusalaatti
* itusilmu
* itusolu
* perunanitu

#### Related terms

* idättää
* itää

### References

* ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “itu”, 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

### Anagrams

* tiu, uit

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay itu, from Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈitu/ [ˈi.t̪u]
* Rhymes: -itu
* Syllabification: i‧tu

### Determiner

itu
* that (what is being indicated)

### Pronoun

itu
* it (that thing)

### Verb

itu
* (copulative) to be
    Apa itu bahasa?What is language?
    Tuhan itu nyata.God is real.
    Dia itu seorang pekerja keras.He is a hard worker.

#### Usage notes

Together with ini, these can be placed following (in the standard language) or preceding the noun, the latter possibly due to the influence of Malay trade and creole languages of eastern Indonesia.

#### Derived terms

* situ (“there”)
* yang itu (“that one”)

#### Descendants

* → Petjo: itoe

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From ittää (“to sprout”) +‎ -u. Akin to Finnish itu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈitu/, [ˈitu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈitu/, [ˈid̥u]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈitu/, [ˈid̥u]
* Rhymes: -itu
* Hyphenation: i‧tu

### Noun

itu
* Synonym of oras

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 44

## Kikuyu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /itu/

### Noun

itu class 5 (plural matu)
* cloud
    matu ma mbura ― rainy clouds (literally, “clouds of rain”)

#### Derived terms

(Nouns)
* matu(-)inĩ

### References

* ↑ “itu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 463. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈi.tuː/, [ˈɪt̪uː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.tu/, [ˈiːt̪u]

### Verb

itū
* ablative supine of eō

### Noun

itū
* ablative singular of itus

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* tu

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(i)tu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)tu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)Cu. Compare Tagalog ito (“this”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /itu/
* Rhymes: -itu, -tu, -u

### Determiner

itu (Jawi spelling ايت)
* that (what is being indicated)

### Pronoun

itu (Jawi spelling ايت)
* that (that thing)

#### Derived terms

* situ (“there”)
* yang itu (“that one”)

## Sumerian
### Romanization

itu
* Romanization of 𒌗 (itu)

## Swedish
### Etymology

i (“in”) +‎ tu (“two”)

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʉː

### Adverb

itu
* into two pieces, apart

#### See also

* uti

### Anagrams

* uti

## Tiruray
### Noun

itu
* dog

## Trió
### Noun

itu
* forest