# emu
## English
### Etymology 1

Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈiːmjuː/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈim(j)u/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːmjuː

#### Noun

emu (plural emus)
* (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
** 1656, John Tradescant [the elder], “Some Kindes of Birds Their Egges, Beaks, Feathers, Clawes, and Spurres”, in Musæum Tradescantianum: Or, A Collection of Rarities. Preserved at South-Lambeth neer London by John Tradescant, London: Printed by John Grismond, and are to be sold by Nathanael Brooke […], →OCLC, pages 1 and 3:[page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter.
** 1752, John Hill, “CASUARIUS. [The Cassowary.]”, in An History of Animals. […], London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 482:It is a native both of the Eaſt and Weſt Indies; and all the writers on birds have deſscribed it. Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi] calls it Emeu ſive Eme; Boulius, Emeu vulgo Caſoarius; and others, Caſſuarus.
* A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]
** 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume V, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, part I (An History of Birds), pages 59 and 60:[page 59] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.
** 1829, “The Progress of Zoology”, in T[homas] Crofton Croker, editor, The Christmas Box. An Annual Present to Young Persons, London: John Ebers and Co. 27 Old Bond Street; Philadelphia, Pa.: Thomas Wardle, →OCLC, page 176:From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.
** 1864 June 4, William Bennett, “Acclimation and Breeding of Emeus (Dromius irroratus, Bartlett) in Surrey”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, volume XXII, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, chapter II:I left my young emeus […] just parted from their affectionate father, and not yet fully reconciled to beginning the world on their own account.
** 1873, Anthony Trollope, “Wool”, in Australia and New Zealand. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 219–220:A stranger cannot but remark, throughout the pastoral districts of Australia, how seldom he sees sheep as he travels along. […] It may be that he will also expect emus and kangaroos, and he will generally be disappointed also in regard to them. Kangaroos I certainly have seen in great numbers, though by no means so often as I expected. An emu running wild I never did see. Tame emus round the houses in towns are very common, and of emus’ eggs there is a plethora.
** 2015, Sankar Chatterjee, “The Avian Revolution Begins”, in The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, 2nd edition, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 191:Both cassowaries and emus are large, flightless, cursorial birds with diminutive wings. […] Emus, the world's second largest living birds, live in Australia and are the only extant member of the genus Dromaius.

##### Usage notes

A flock of emus is generally called a mob.

##### Alternative forms

* emeu (obsolete)

##### Hyponyms

* (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Kangaroo Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus), King Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor), Tasmanian emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis) – extinct subspecies

##### Derived terms

* dwarf emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus)
* emu apple (Kunzea pomifera and Owenia acidula)
* emu berry
* emu bob
* emu bush (Eremophila spp., Polidia spp., Heterodendron oleaefolium, Hakea laurina)
* emu leather
* emu-less
* emu-like
* emu oil
* emu parade
* emu patrol
* Emu Plains
* emu-proof
* emutail
* emu tree (Hakea francisiana)
* Emu Wars
* emuwary
* emu-wren (Stipiturus spp.)

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: エミュー
* → Polish: emu

##### Further reading

* emu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Etymology 2

From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

emu (plural emu)
* (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit.
    Synonym: EMU
** 1941, Henry A[ugustus Perkins], edited by E[dward] U[hler] Condon, College Physics (Prentice-Hall Physics Series), New York, N.Y.: Prentice-Hall, →OCLC, page 403:A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.
** 1962, “Abstracts of Papers Submitted for the Meeting in Houston: November 12–14, 1962”, in Geological Society of America: Abstracts for 1962: Abstracts of Papers Submitted for Six Meetings with which the Society was Associated (Special GSA Papers; no. 73), New York, N.Y.: Geological Society of America, published 1963, →OCLC, page 141:Rock Magnetic Properties as Related to a Magnetometer Profile for Serpentines, Sierra Nevada, California / DuBOIS, ROBERT L., Dept. Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. / The remanent magnetism of a suite of specimens from a serpentine mass in the Sierra Nevada, California, has a declination of N. 32°E. and an inclination of plus 84°. The average intensity is 80 × 10$^{−5}$ emu/cc.
** 1974, William Berkson, “Maxwell’s Field Theory”, in Fields of Force: The Development of a World View from Faraday to Einstein, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN; republished Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, →ISBN, page 168:The amount of charge named by one emu is that which produces a unit magnetic effect when flowing in a current at one unit length per second.
** 1976, John Aloysius O’Keefe, Tektites and Their Origin (Developments in Petrology; 4), Amsterdam, New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 109:Early investigations showed no detectable magnetic intensity in tektite glass, at the level of about 10$^{−4}$ emu/g. (To convert measurements in emu/g to S.I., multiply by 10$^3$.)
** 2005, Peter Mohn, “Experimental Basis of Ferromagnetism”, in Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction (Solid-State Sciences), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 39:Experimentally the magnetic moment is usually given in units of emu/g, emu/cm$^3$ or emu/mole.

##### Further reading

* centimetre–gram–second system of units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 3

From emu(lator).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛmjuː/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɛmju/

#### Noun

emu (plural emus)
* (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator.
** 2005 February 24, Dane L. Galden, “Could this be used for classic emus on GBA?”, in rec.games.video.classic‎ (Usenet), message-ID <9XkTd.5830$Ba3.2608@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>:Saw this article for playing downloadable games on GBA. It's an official Nintendo product in Japan, and thought it might be useful for Nintendo to release actual emus and some of their older game properties (beyond the $20 classic series).

##### Derived terms

* emuscene

##### Further reading

* emulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ “emu, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1891; James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Emeu, emu”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 120, column 3.

### Anagrams

* MEU, Meu, UME, Ume, meu, mue, ume

## Czech
### Noun

emu m anim
* emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)

#### Declension

Also indeclinable, which is more common.

### Further reading

* “emu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “emu” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Esperanto
### Verb

emu
* imperative of emi

## Fijian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English emu.

### Noun

emu
* emu

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English emu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈemu/, [ˈe̞mu]
* Rhymes: -emu
* Hyphenation: emu

### Noun

emu
* emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only extant species in its genus)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of emu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
emuni
emuni
accusative
nom.
emuni
emuni
gen.
emuni
genitive
emuni
emujeni
partitive
emuani
emujani
inessive
emussani
emuissani
elative
emustani
emuistani
illative
emuuni
emuihini
adessive
emullani
emuillani
ablative
emultani
emuiltani
allative
emulleni
emuilleni
essive
emunani
emuinani
translative
emukseni
emuikseni
abessive
emuttani
emuittani
instructive
comitative
—emuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
emusi
emusi
accusative
nom.
emusi
emusi
gen.
emusi
genitive
emusi
emujesi
partitive
emuasi
emujasi
inessive
emussasi
emuissasi
elative
emustasi
emuistasi
illative
emuusi
emuihisi
adessive
emullasi
emuillasi
ablative
emultasi
emuiltasi
allative
emullesi
emuillesi
essive
emunasi
emuinasi
translative
emuksesi
emuiksesi
abessive
emuttasi
emuittasi
instructive
comitative
—emuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
emumme
emumme
accusative
nom.
emumme
emumme
gen.
emumme
genitive
emumme
emujemme
partitive
emuamme
emujamme
inessive
emussamme
emuissamme
elative
emustamme
emuistamme
illative
emuumme
emuihimme
adessive
emullamme
emuillamme
ablative
emultamme
emuiltamme
allative
emullemme
emuillemme
essive
emunamme
emuinamme
translative
emuksemme
emuiksemme
abessive
emuttamme
emuittamme
instructive
comitative
—emuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
emunne
emunne
accusative
nom.
emunne
emunne
gen.
emunne
genitive
emunne
emujenne
partitive
emuanne
emujanne
inessive
emussanne
emuissanne
elative
emustanne
emuistanne
illative
emuunne
emuihinne
adessive
emullanne
emuillanne
ablative
emultanne
emuiltanne
allative
emullenne
emuillenne
essive
emunanne
emuinanne
translative
emuksenne
emuiksenne
abessive
emuttanne
emuittanne
instructive
comitative
—emuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
emunsa
emunsa
accusative
nom.
emunsa
emunsa
gen.
emunsa
genitive
emunsa
emujensa
partitive
emuaan emuansa
emujaan emujansa
inessive
emussaan emussansa
emuissaan emuissansa
elative
emustaan emustansa
emuistaan emuistansa
illative
emuunsa
emuihinsa
adessive
emullaan emullansa
emuillaan emuillansa
ablative
emultaan emultansa
emuiltaan emuiltansa
allative
emulleen emullensa
emuilleen emuillensa
essive
emunaan emunansa
emuinaan emuinansa
translative
emukseen emuksensa
emuikseen emuiksensa
abessive
emuttaan emuttansa
emuittaan emuittansa
instructive
comitative
—emuineen emuinensa :

### Further reading

* “emu”, 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

* ume

## Galician
### Noun

emu m (plural emus)
* emu

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛmu]
* Hyphenation: e‧mu
* Rhymes: -mu

### Noun

emu (plural emuk)
* emu

#### Declension
### Further reading

* emu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* emu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Japanese
### Romanization

emu
* Rōmaji transcription of えむ
* Rōmaji transcription of エム

## Nupe
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.mũ̄/

#### Noun

èmu (plural èmuzhì)
* baobab fruit

##### Derived terms

* muci (“baobab tree”)

#### See also

* kúka (“baobab leaf”)

### Etymology 2

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mu (“to be tasty”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.mũ̄/

#### Noun

èmu
* tastiness

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English emu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.mu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmu
* Syllabification: e‧mu

### Noun

emu n (indeclinable)
* emu (any ratite of the genus Dromaius)

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “emu”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “emu”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN

### Further reading

* emu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* emu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* emu in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English emu, from Portuguese ema (“rhea”), therefore a reborrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈmu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.mu/, /eˈmu/
* Rhymes: -u

### Noun

emu m (plural emus)
* emu

#### Related terms

* ema

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French émou or German Emu.

### Noun

emu m (plural emu)
* emu

#### Declension
## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə.ˈmu/, [ə.ˈmu]

### Noun

emu
* nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)

## Swedish
### Noun

emu c
* an emu

#### Declension
## Tooro
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /éːmu/

### Numeral

emu
* one
* inflection of -mu:
** class 4
** class 9