Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈilmu/ [ˈʔɪlmʊ]
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun

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ílmu m (singulative ilmóyta m or ilmónta m or ilmoytá f or ilmontá f)

  1. (collective) bastards (illegitimate children)

Declension

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Declension of ílmu
absolutive ílmu
predicative ílmu
subjective ilmí
genitive ilmí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ílmul
k-case ílmuk
t-case ílmut
h-case ílmuh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ilmu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Estonian

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Noun

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ilmu

  1. partitive plural of ilma

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay ilmu, from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɪlmu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: il‧mu

Noun

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ilmu (plural ilmu-ilmu, first-person possessive ilmuku, second-person possessive ilmumu, third-person possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge
    Synonym: pengetahuan
  2. science
    1. the collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
      Synonym: ilmu pengetahuan
    2. a particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
      Synonym: sains

Usage notes

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The word is commonly used in loan translation for Dutch -kunde and Dutch wetenschap.

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Livvi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ilma. Cognate with Finnish ilma and Estonian ilm.

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Noun

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ilmu

  1. air
  2. atmosphere
  3. the world

Declension

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Declension of ilmu (Type 3/jalgu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ilmu ilmat
genitive ilman ilmoin
partitive ilmua ilmoi
illative ilmah ilmoih
inessive ilmas ilmois
elative ilmaspäi ilmoispäi
allative ilmale ilmoile
adessive ilmal ilmoil
ablative ilmalpäi ilmoilpäi
translative ilmakse ilmoikse
essive ilmannu ilmoinnu
abessive ilmattah ilmoittah
comitative ilmanke ilmoinke
instructive ilmoin
prolative ilmači

References

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  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 76

Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

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Noun

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ilmu (Jawi spelling علمو, plural ilmu-ilmu, informal 1st possessive ilmuku, 2nd possessive ilmumu, 3rd possessive ilmunya)

  1. knowledge, learning, science

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