# namu
## English
### Etymology

From Maori namu. Compare Malay nyamuk (“a mosquito”).

### Noun

namu
* A sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.

## East Futuna
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

## Finnish
### Etymology

nam +‎ -u

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑmu/, [ˈnɑ̝mu]
* Rhymes: -ɑmu
* Hyphenation: na‧mu

### Noun

namu
* sweet, candy
    Synonym: nami

#### Declension

Possessive forms of namu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
namuni
namuni
accusative
nom.
namuni
namuni
gen.
namuni
genitive
namuni
namujeni
partitive
namuani
namujani
inessive
namussani
namuissani
elative
namustani
namuistani
illative
namuuni
namuihini
adessive
namullani
namuillani
ablative
namultani
namuiltani
allative
namulleni
namuilleni
essive
namunani
namuinani
translative
namukseni
namuikseni
abessive
namuttani
namuittani
instructive
comitative
—namuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
namusi
namusi
accusative
nom.
namusi
namusi
gen.
namusi
genitive
namusi
namujesi
partitive
namuasi
namujasi
inessive
namussasi
namuissasi
elative
namustasi
namuistasi
illative
namuusi
namuihisi
adessive
namullasi
namuillasi
ablative
namultasi
namuiltasi
allative
namullesi
namuillesi
essive
namunasi
namuinasi
translative
namuksesi
namuiksesi
abessive
namuttasi
namuittasi
instructive
comitative
—namuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
namumme
namumme
accusative
nom.
namumme
namumme
gen.
namumme
genitive
namumme
namujemme
partitive
namuamme
namujamme
inessive
namussamme
namuissamme
elative
namustamme
namuistamme
illative
namuumme
namuihimme
adessive
namullamme
namuillamme
ablative
namultamme
namuiltamme
allative
namullemme
namuillemme
essive
namunamme
namuinamme
translative
namuksemme
namuiksemme
abessive
namuttamme
namuittamme
instructive
comitative
—namuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
namunne
namunne
accusative
nom.
namunne
namunne
gen.
namunne
genitive
namunne
namujenne
partitive
namuanne
namujanne
inessive
namussanne
namuissanne
elative
namustanne
namuistanne
illative
namuunne
namuihinne
adessive
namullanne
namuillanne
ablative
namultanne
namuiltanne
allative
namullenne
namuillenne
essive
namunanne
namuinanne
translative
namuksenne
namuiksenne
abessive
namuttanne
namuittanne
instructive
comitative
—namuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
namunsa
namunsa
accusative
nom.
namunsa
namunsa
gen.
namunsa
genitive
namunsa
namujensa
partitive
namuaan namuansa
namujaan namujansa
inessive
namussaan namussansa
namuissaan namuissansa
elative
namustaan namustansa
namuistaan namuistansa
illative
namuunsa
namuihinsa
adessive
namullaan namullansa
namuillaan namuillansa
ablative
namultaan namultansa
namuiltaan namuiltansa
allative
namulleen namullensa
namuilleen namuillensa
essive
namunaan namunansa
namuinaan namuinansa
translative
namukseen namuksensa
namuikseen namuiksensa
abessive
namuttaan namuttansa
namuittaan namuittansa
instructive
comitative
—namuineen namuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* namunen
* namupala
* namusetä

### Further reading

* “namu”, 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

* Manu, manu, maun, muna

## Futuna-Aniwa
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* (Aniwa) mosquito

## Japanese
### Romanization

namu
* Rōmaji transcription of なむ

## Latvian
### Noun

namu m
* inflection of nams:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

## Lithuanian
### Noun

namu m
* instrumental singular of namas

## Manchu
### Romanization

namu
* Romanization of ᠨᠠᠮᡠ

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *namu (compare with Rarotongan namu “mosquito”, Tahitian namu and ramu “sandfly, midge”), from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk. Cognate with Malay nyamuk (“mosquito”).

### Noun

namu
* sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.

#### Descendants

* → English: namu

### Derived terms

* namu katipo
* namunamu
* nanamu
* whakanamunamu

### References

* ↑ Pond, Wendy (1983) “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā‎, volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, page 6
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “namu.2a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D. (2011) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 380-2; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *namu (compare with Tahitian ninamu).

### Adjective

namu
* (obsolete) blue-green, grue

### Related terms

* kākāriki

### Derived terms

* pounamu

### References

* ↑ Dodgson, Neil, Chen, Victoria, Zahido, Meimuna (2024 November) “The colonisation of the colour pink: variation and change in Māori’s colour lexicon”, in Linguistics, →DOI, page 9

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “namu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 253
* “namu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mele-Fila
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Niuean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Pukapukan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Rakahanga-Manihiki
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Rapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito, gnat, midge

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Sikaiana
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

### References

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “namu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

## Tikopia
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu. Cognates include Maori namu and Samoan namu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈna.mu]
* Hyphenation: na‧mu

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 248

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.mu/

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## Tuamotuan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* insect
* mosquito

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito

## West Makian
### Etymology

Cognate with Ternate namo (“bird, chicken”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈn̪a.mu/

### Noun

namu
* bird
    Synonym: haiwan
* chicken

### References

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

## West Uvean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

### Noun

namu
* mosquito