# aitu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Polynesian language, from Proto-Polynesian *qaitu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɪtuː/
* Hyphenation: ai‧tu

### Noun

aitu (plural aitus or aitu)
* A ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.

### Anagrams

* utia

## Latvian
### Noun

aitu f
* inflection of aita:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Niuean aitu and Samoan aitu.

### Noun

aitu
* (mythology) atua of disaster and death
* demons
* sickness
* calamity, misery
* grief, sorrow
* woe

### Adjective

aitu
* sorrowful
* woeful

#### Derived terms

* aituā

## Niuean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu.

### Noun

aitu
* ghost (supernatural being)

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Tokelauan aitu.

### Noun

aitu
* ghost
* spirit

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.ˈi.tu]
* Hyphenation: a‧i‧tu

### Noun

aitu
* ghost
* evil spirit

#### Synonyms

* (ghost): agāga

#### Derived terms

* aitua

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2

## Tooro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áí̯tu/, [éí̯tu]

### Pronoun

-aitu (declinable)
* our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)

#### See also

| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | Combined forms | Combined forms |
| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | na | ni |
| Class 1 | First | nyowe, nye | -ange | n- | -n- | nanyowe, nanye | ninyowe, ninye |
| Class 1 | Second | iwe | -awe | o- | -ku- | naiwe | niiwe |
| Class 1 | Third | uwe | -e | a- | -mu- | nawe | nuwe |
| Class 2 | First | itwe | -aitu | tu- | -tu- | naitwe | niitwe |
| Class 2 | Second | inywe | -anyu | mu- | -ba- | nainywe | niinywe |
| Class 2 | Third | abo | -abo | ba- | -ba- | nabo | nubo |
| Class 3 | Class 3 | gwo | -agwo | gu- | -gu- | nagwo | nugwo |
| Class 4 | Class 4 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 5 | Class 5 | lyo | -alyo | li- | -li- | nalyo | niryo |
| Class 6 | Class 6 | go | -ago | ga- | -ga- | nago | nugo |
| Class 7 | Class 7 | kyo | -akyo | ki- | -ki- | nakyo | nikyo |
| Class 8 | Class 8 | byo | -abyo | bi- | -bi- | nabyo | nibyo |
| Class 9 | Class 9 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 10 | Class 10 | zo | -azo | zi- | -zi- | nazo | nizo |
| Class 11 | Class 11 | rwo | -arwo | ru- | -ru- | narwo | nurwo |
| Class 12 | Class 12 | ko | -ako | ka- | -ka- | nako | nuko |
| Class 13 | Class 13 | two | -atwo | tu- | -tu- | natwo | nutwo |
| Class 14 | Class 14 | bwo | -abwo | bu- | -bu- | nabwo | nubwo |
| Class 15 | Class 15 | kwo | -akwo | ku- | -ku- | nakwo | nukwo |
| Class 16 | Class 16 | ho | -aho | ha- | -ha- | naho | nuho |
| Class 17 | Class 17 | (kwo) | N/A | ha- (...-yo) | -ha- | N/A | nukwo |
| Class 18 | Class 18 | (mwo) | -amwo | ha- (...-mu) | -ha- | N/A | numwo |
| Reflexive | Reflexive | -enyini, -onyini | — | — | -e- | — | — |

## Umbrian
### Verb

aitu (late Iguvine)
* Alternative form of 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌖 (aitu)

### References

* Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
* De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN