anu

anu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anuak.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anuak terms

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Cognates include Oromo ani, Saho anu, Somali áan and Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

• IPA^(key): /aˈnu/ [ʔʌˈnʊ]
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

anú

1. I

   Anú tuffác akmé. ― I'm eating apples.

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “anu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

anu

1. (Mpakwithi) hip

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Borrowed from Latin anus.

anu m (plural anos)

1. (anatomy) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)
2. (Western) alternative form of añu

• anal

anu

1. dog

• IPA^(key): /anu/

anu

1. medium house, house smaller than the main one.

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanu/

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• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: a‧nu

anu

1. imperative of ani

From Portuguese ano. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ánu.

anu

1. year
2. birthday

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Māori anu and Tahitian anu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.nu/, [ˈɐ.nu]

anu

1. (stative) to be cold

• anuanu
• Keanu

• IPA^(key): /anuʔ/
• Rhymes: -anu, -nu, -u

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu.

anu

1. something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.

anu

1. to scold; to express anger
2. to kill

Compare Iban anu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanu/ [ˈa.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: a‧nu

anu

1. something or someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, thingamajig
2. (slang) genital organ

• “anu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• óne (Barlavento)

From Portuguese ano.

anu

1. (Sotavento) year

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.nuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nu]

anū

1. ablative singular of anus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanu/, [ˈã.nũ]
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

anu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨊᨘ)

1. a certain someone; so-and-so

   I Anu ― Mr./Ms. So-and-so.

   Daeng Anu rianu ― Mr. So-and-so in such-and-such a land.

anu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨊᨘ)

1. a certain something; thing; whatchamacallit

   Anu jeko ― Something crooked.

   Anu nangaia sareangi ― Give him something that he likes.

2. a possession; something belonging to someone (often with possessive suffixes: anungku (mine), anunnu (yours), anunna (his/hers), anunta (ours/yours))

   Anungku anunna anunna anungku, seʼreamami takuruài

   Mine is his, his is mine, there is only one thing (the wife) that we do not share (figurative: to express close unity; I.H.Spr. II 265).

   Punna anunta anunna na punna anunna apantai ikatte

   If what is ours is his, but what is his, what is it to us (figurative: said of someone who freely disposes of what we own, but gets angry when we take something of his; I.H.Spr. I 106).

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from Proto-Austronesian *-nu.

• IPA^(key): /anu/
• Rhymes: -nu, -u

anu (Jawi spelling انو, plural anu-anu or anu²)

1. Someone or something whose name is not mentioned (on purpose, due to forgetting, etc.).

   si anu ― the (unknown) person

   hajat anu ― an unknown wish

2. (mathematics) An unknown quantity or variable; an unknown.

   Dalam kiraan ini, 't' merupakan sebuah anu yang mewakili tinggi seorang pelajar.

   In this calculation, 't' is an unknown that stands for a student's height.

anu (Jawi spelling انو)

1. (obsolete) synonym of itu

• itu
• nu (Kedah)

• "anu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-nu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qanu. Cognates include Hawaiian anu and Tahitian anu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanu/ [ˈɐnʉ]

anu

1. cold

• anuanu

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “anu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[2], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

anu

1. we, us (first-person plural pronoun)

   Sufəl gulo, delga kà anu la abanay (Mark 9:5).^[1]

   My Lord, [it is] good that we [are] here(Mark 9:5)

   Musa atsetsèr à anu mapəhay uwanay (Luka 20:28).^[2]

   Moses wrote to us saying this (Luke 20:28)

From Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

anu (plural enuein)

1. name

• Middle Welsh: enw
  • Welsh: enw

anu

1. past of ananyi (“go”): went, left

• anum, ani
• anú (1931-prescribed spelling)

Borrowed from Old Tupi anu.

• Rhymes: -u
• Homophone: Anu
• Hyphenation: a‧nu

anu m (plural anus)

1. ani (any bird of the genus Crotophaga)

• →? English: ani
• → Hunsrik: Anuh

• “anum”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anu”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “anu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “anu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

From English hand. Compare Maroon Spirit Language anu, Jamaican Creole an, Krio an.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /anu/, [a̠nu], [ɑ̟nu]

anu

1. hand
2. arm
3. handful
4. money that is paid out to the participants of a kasmoni

• >? Aukan: ana

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “anu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

• nu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-nu, from *nu. Cognate with Indonesian anu (“thingamajig, genitals”), Javanese anu (“uh, umm”), Tagalog ano (“what”).

anu (Sundanese script ᮃᮔᮥ)

1. An article that denotes a noun.

   anu maot ― the deceased

2. An article that denotes ownership

   Anu urang mah lain nu ieu.

   This one's not mine

anu (Sundanese script ᮃᮔᮥ)

1. that, which

   Anu ieu ― This one

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit anu.

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛnʊ]

anu m (plural anuten, feminine equivalent tanut, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ)

1. well

   Synonym: řɛunṣar

2. spring

   Synonyms: tařa, řɛunṣar

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

• IPA^(key): /anu/

Inherited from Proto-Berber

anu m (plural una, feminine equivalent tanut, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, Arabic spelling آنو)

2. well

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

anu (intensive aorist ttanu, preterite una, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, Arabic spelling آنو)

1. (transitive) to macerate (skin in ash)

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

anu

1. At this moment (now).