# limu
## English
### Alternative forms

* rimu

### Etymology

From Hawaiian limu (“moss”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈli.mu/

### Noun

limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)
* (Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
** 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 158:The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]

#### Related terms

* limu kohu

### Anagrams

* IUML, milu, muli

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of limunaati

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlimu/, [ˈlimu]
* Rhymes: -imu
* Hyphenation: li‧mu

### Noun

limu (colloquial, dialectal)
* (Southern Finland) soft drink; fizzy drink (UK); soda, soda pop (US) (carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of limu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
limuni
limuni
accusative
nom.
limuni
limuni
gen.
limuni
genitive
limuni
limujeni
partitive
limuani
limujani
inessive
limussani
limuissani
elative
limustani
limuistani
illative
limuuni
limuihini
adessive
limullani
limuillani
ablative
limultani
limuiltani
allative
limulleni
limuilleni
essive
limunani
limuinani
translative
limukseni
limuikseni
abessive
limuttani
limuittani
instructive
comitative
—limuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
limusi
limusi
accusative
nom.
limusi
limusi
gen.
limusi
genitive
limusi
limujesi
partitive
limuasi
limujasi
inessive
limussasi
limuissasi
elative
limustasi
limuistasi
illative
limuusi
limuihisi
adessive
limullasi
limuillasi
ablative
limultasi
limuiltasi
allative
limullesi
limuillesi
essive
limunasi
limuinasi
translative
limuksesi
limuiksesi
abessive
limuttasi
limuittasi
instructive
comitative
—limuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
limumme
limumme
accusative
nom.
limumme
limumme
gen.
limumme
genitive
limumme
limujemme
partitive
limuamme
limujamme
inessive
limussamme
limuissamme
elative
limustamme
limuistamme
illative
limuumme
limuihimme
adessive
limullamme
limuillamme
ablative
limultamme
limuiltamme
allative
limullemme
limuillemme
essive
limunamme
limuinamme
translative
limuksemme
limuiksemme
abessive
limuttamme
limuittamme
instructive
comitative
—limuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
limunne
limunne
accusative
nom.
limunne
limunne
gen.
limunne
genitive
limunne
limujenne
partitive
limuanne
limujanne
inessive
limussanne
limuissanne
elative
limustanne
limuistanne
illative
limuunne
limuihinne
adessive
limullanne
limuillanne
ablative
limultanne
limuiltanne
allative
limullenne
limuillenne
essive
limunanne
limuinanne
translative
limuksenne
limuiksenne
abessive
limuttanne
limuittanne
instructive
comitative
—limuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
limunsa
limunsa
accusative
nom.
limunsa
limunsa
gen.
limunsa
genitive
limunsa
limujensa
partitive
limuaan limuansa
limujaan limujansa
inessive
limussaan limussansa
limuissaan limuissansa
elative
limustaan limustansa
limuistaan limuistansa
illative
limuunsa
limuihinsa
adessive
limullaan limullansa
limuillaan limuillansa
ablative
limultaan limultansa
limuiltaan limuiltansa
allative
limulleen limullensa
limuilleen limuillensa
essive
limunaan limunansa
limuinaan limuinansa
translative
limukseen limuksensa
limuikseen limuiksensa
abessive
limuttaan limuttansa
limuittaan limuittansa
instructive
comitative
—limuineen limuinensa :

#### Synonyms

* virvoitusjuoma
* (colloquial) limppari, limsa
* limonaati

#### Derived terms

* limukka
* limudisko
* limulintu
* limuviina

### Further reading

* “limu”, 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

* Lumi, lumi, muli

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).

### Noun

limu
* moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)
* seaweed

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.mu/

### Noun

limu
* nominative/accusative plural of lim

## Sikaiana
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rimu.

### Noun

limu
* moss (plants of the division Bryophyta), seagrass

## Tboli
### Numeral

limu
* five