imū

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian himu, from Proto-Finnic *himo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈimuː/, [ˈimuː]

Noun

imū

  1. desire, craving
  2. greed

Declension

Declension of imū (90)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) imū imūd
genitive (genitīv) imū imūd
partitive (partitīv) imū imīdi
dative (datīv) imūn imūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) imūks imūdõks
illative (illatīv) imū
imūz
imīž
inessive (inesīv) imūs imīs
elative (elatīv) imūst imīst

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “imū”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra