masu
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmasu
- A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmasu (plural masu)
- A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
Translations
editsquare wooden box
Etymology 3
editFrom Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”).
Noun
editmasu (plural masu)
See also
edit- masu-seki (possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.)
Anagrams
editAfar
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmásu m
References
edit- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmasu
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editChildish form of maha.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmasu (colloquial, childish)
Declension
editInflection of masu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | masu | masut | |
genitive | masun | masujen | |
partitive | masua | masuja | |
illative | masuun | masuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | masu | masut | |
accusative | nom. | masu | masut |
gen. | masun | ||
genitive | masun | masujen | |
partitive | masua | masuja | |
inessive | masussa | masuissa | |
elative | masusta | masuista | |
illative | masuun | masuihin | |
adessive | masulla | masuilla | |
ablative | masulta | masuilta | |
allative | masulle | masuille | |
essive | masuna | masuina | |
translative | masuksi | masuiksi | |
abessive | masutta | masuitta | |
instructive | — | masuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “masu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[2] (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
editJapanese
editRomanization
editmasu
Old French
editEtymology
editDerived from Latin mansus, past participle of maneō (to stay, to remain), with an intrusive U added between the S and the base and the pre-sibilant N being lost.
Verb
editmasu
- past participle of manoir
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUniverbation of má (“if”) + is (“is”)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmasu (triggers lenition)
Quotations
edit- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d26
- massu thol atom·aig dó; manid ar lóg
- if it is desire that drives me to it; if it is not for pay
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13b12
- Masu glé lib trá in precept ro·pridchus-sa .i. as·réracht Críst hó marbaib, cid dia léicid cundubairt for drécht úaib de resurrectione hominum?
- If, then, what I have preached is clear to you, namely that Christ has risen from the dead, why do you pl leave doubt on a portion of you concerning the resurrection of humans?
- (literally, “…the preaching that I have preached…”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19b1
- massu rect fíriánigedar cách
- if it is law that justifies everyone
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- English terms borrowed from Inupiaq
- English terms derived from Inupiaq
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- en:Legumes
- en:Salmonids
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar masculine nouns
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish childish terms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Old French non-lemma forms
- Old French past participles
- Old Irish univerbations
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- Old Irish non-lemma forms
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