# etu
## Translingual
### Symbol

etu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ejagham.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Ejagham terms

## Ainu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /èꜛtú/

### Noun

etu (Kana spelling エトゥ)
* (anatomy) nose

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *etu. Equivalent to esi- +‎ -u; originally "the area in front of something" (now all but confined to etu-), from which the other senses have developed through figurative use, perhaps already in Proto-Finnic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈetu/, [ˈe̞t̪u]
* Rhymes: -etu
* Hyphenation: etu

### Noun

etu
* advantage
* benefit, interest [with elative ‘from’ and allative ‘who or what benefits’]
    Synonym: hyöty
* (dated or dialectal) the area in front of something
* (dated or dialectal) front (of something)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of etu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
etuni
etuni
accusative
nom.
etuni
etuni
gen.
etuni
genitive
etuni
etujeni
partitive
etuani
etujani
inessive
edussani
eduissani
elative
edustani
eduistani
illative
etuuni
etuihini
adessive
edullani
eduillani
ablative
edultani
eduiltani
allative
edulleni
eduilleni
essive
etunani
etuinani
translative
edukseni
eduikseni
abessive
eduttani
eduittani
instructive
comitative
—etuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
etusi
etusi
accusative
nom.
etusi
etusi
gen.
etusi
genitive
etusi
etujesi
partitive
etuasi
etujasi
inessive
edussasi
eduissasi
elative
edustasi
eduistasi
illative
etuusi
etuihisi
adessive
edullasi
eduillasi
ablative
edultasi
eduiltasi
allative
edullesi
eduillesi
essive
etunasi
etuinasi
translative
eduksesi
eduiksesi
abessive
eduttasi
eduittasi
instructive
comitative
—etuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
etumme
etumme
accusative
nom.
etumme
etumme
gen.
etumme
genitive
etumme
etujemme
partitive
etuamme
etujamme
inessive
edussamme
eduissamme
elative
edustamme
eduistamme
illative
etuumme
etuihimme
adessive
edullamme
eduillamme
ablative
edultamme
eduiltamme
allative
edullemme
eduillemme
essive
etunamme
etuinamme
translative
eduksemme
eduiksemme
abessive
eduttamme
eduittamme
instructive
comitative
—etuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
etunne
etunne
accusative
nom.
etunne
etunne
gen.
etunne
genitive
etunne
etujenne
partitive
etuanne
etujanne
inessive
edussanne
eduissanne
elative
edustanne
eduistanne
illative
etuunne
etuihinne
adessive
edullanne
eduillanne
ablative
edultanne
eduiltanne
allative
edullenne
eduillenne
essive
etunanne
etuinanne
translative
eduksenne
eduiksenne
abessive
eduttanne
eduittanne
instructive
comitative
—etuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
etunsa
etunsa
accusative
nom.
etunsa
etunsa
gen.
etunsa
genitive
etunsa
etujensa
partitive
etuaan etuansa
etujaan etujansa
inessive
edussaan edussansa
eduissaan eduissansa
elative
edustaan edustansa
eduistaan eduistansa
illative
etuunsa
etuihinsa
adessive
edullaan edullansa
eduillaan eduillansa
ablative
edultaan edultansa
eduiltaan eduiltansa
allative
edulleen edullensa
eduilleen eduillensa
essive
etunaan etunansa
etuinaan etuinansa
translative
edukseen eduksensa
eduikseen eduiksensa
abessive
eduttaan eduttansa
eduittaan eduittansa
instructive
comitative
—etuineen etuinensa :

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “advantage”): haitta

#### Derived terms

* asemaetu
* asuntoetu
* autoetu
* edukas
* edullinen
* edunjättäjä
* edunpalautus
* edunsaaja
* eduntasoitus
* edunvalvoja
* edunvalvonta
* edus
* erikoisetu
* etuasema
* etuinen
* etujärjestö
* etukortti
* etumerkintä
* etuosake
* etuosto
* etupiiri
* eturiita
* eturistiriita
* eturyhmä
* etuseteli
* etutasapaino
* etuus
* etuvastakohta
* etuyhtymä
* harvaetuhampaiset
* henkilökuntaetu
* ilmaisetu
* jäsenetu
* kanta-asiakasetu
* kauppaetu
* kehitysetu
* keskietu
* kilpailuetu
* kokonaisetu
* kotikenttäetu
* lisäetu
* luontaisetu
* luontoisetu
* materiaalietu
* mittakaavaetu
* omaneduntavoittelija
* palkkaetu
* sosiaalietu
* synergiaetu
* talon etu
* tilaetu
* työsuhde-etu

#### See also

* etu-

### References

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

### Further reading

* “etu”, 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

* tue

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

etu f (definite singular eto, indefinite plural etur, definite plural etune)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of ete

### Anagrams

* ute

## Old Norse
### Noun

etu
* accusative/dative/genitive singular of eta

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀏𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* एतु (Devanagari script)
* এতু (Bengali script)
* එතු (Sinhalese script)
* ဧတု or ဨတု or ဢေတု (Burmese script)
* เอตุ (Thai script)
* ᩑᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອຕຸ (Lao script)
* ឯតុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Verb

etu
* third-person singular imperative active of eti (“to come”)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

-etu (declinable)
* our (first-person plural possessive adjective)

#### See also
## Tetum
### Noun

etu
* rice (either cooked or being cooked)

## Umbundu
### Pronoun

etu
* we (first-person plural pronoun)

#### See also
## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* àtù (“hat”) (Owe)
* ẹ̀tú (Ifọ́n, Ọ̀wọ̀)
* àtú (Ào)

### Etymology 1

Compare with Olukumi ẹtú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *V-tú, *è-tú, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *V-tú. May either be cognate with Àhàn atu, or Ahan may have borrowed this term from Ekiti

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.tú/

#### Noun

ètú
* (Ekiti) hat, cap
    Synonyms: fìlà, akẹtẹ̀

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Yoruba *e-tu, from Proto-Edekiri *e-tu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-tu

#### Alternative forms

* ẹtu, atu

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.tū/

#### Noun

etu
* (Ekiti) duiker; (in particular) Maxwell's duiker

##### Related terms

* èkùlù
* ẹ̀kìrì
* èsúró

### Etymology 3

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-tù

#### Alternative forms

* ẹtù

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.tù/

#### Noun

etù
* (Ekiti) gunpowder

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.tù/

#### Noun

etù
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of ẹtù (“guinea fowl”)
    Synonyms: aó, awó, aghó