kunu

See also: kūnu, kūnų, and -kunu-

Anguthimri

Adverb

kunu

  1. (Mpakwithi) now

References
  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkunu]
  • Rhymes: -unu
  • Hyphenation: ki‧nu

Noun

kunu

  1. accusative singular of kuna

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh (“roast over a fire”) (compare Maori tunu, Chamorro tunu).

Verb

kunu

  1. to broil

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms
  • kianuu (mesolectal Jamaican Creole), kianu (mesolectal Jamaican Creole)

Etymology

From English canoe.

Noun

kunu (plural kunu dem or kunus dem, quantified kunu)

  1. Alternative spelling of canoe

Jumaytepeque

Verb

kunu

  1. buy

References
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkunu/

Noun

kunu

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of kuna

Maltese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuː.nu/

Verb

kunu

  1. second-person plural imperative of kien

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kunu (Cyrillic spelling куну)

  1. third-person plural present of kleti

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkunu]

Noun

kunu

  1. accusative singular of kuna

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *kúnú.

Verb

kunu

  1. (intransitive) run
  2. (transitive) run away, flee
Derived terms
  • skunu

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kunu

  1. deeply

Adjective

kunu

  1. deep

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kunu

  1. (transitive) weave

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kunu

  1. roof

References
  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 43
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