santu
See also: sãntu
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin sānctus. Cognate with Sicilian santu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsantu/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -antu
- Syllabification: san‧tu
Adjective
santu m sg (feminine singular santa, neuter singular santo, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santes)
Noun
santu m (plural santos)
Indonesian
Noun
santu
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese santo.
Adjective
santu
Noun
santu
Leonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
santu (feminine singular santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas)
References
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsantu/
Noun
santu m (plural santi, feminine santa)
- (Christianity) saint (male or of unspecified sex)
- Synonym: qaddis
Nheengatu
Etymology
From Portuguese santo.
Adjective
santu
- holy
- Remungaturú kurí mituú, ara santu-itá.
- You shall keep Sundays and holy days.
Noun
santu (plural santu-itá)
- (Christianity) saint
- Panhẽ Santu-itá Ara.
- All Saints Day.
Related terms
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- सन्तु (Devanagari script)
- সন্তু (Bengali script)
- සන්තු (Sinhalese script)
- သန္တု or သၼ္တု or သၼ်တု (Burmese script)
- สนฺตุ or สันตุ (Thai script)
- ᩈᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ສນ຺ຕຸ or ສັນຕຸ (Lao script)
- សន្តុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)
Verb
santu
- third-person plural imperative active of atthi (“to be”)
Papiamentu
Etymology 1
Noun
santu
Etymology 2
From Portuguese santo and Spanish santo and Kabuverdianu santu .
Adjective
santu
Noun
santu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sānctus. Cognate with Asturian santu, Italian santo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsan.tu/, [ˈsan.tʊ]
- IPA(key): /ˌsan.tʊ/ (when followed by primary stressed word)
- Rhymes: -antu
- Hyphenation: sàn‧tu
Noun
santu m (plural santi)
- a saint
- (used before a vowel) apocopic form of santu; saint
- A 'rutta 'i santu Petru. ― Saint Peter's cave.
Coordinate terms
- santa (feminine form)
Derived terms
- Santa
- santijari
- Santina
- Santinu
- santinu
- Santu
- santuzzu
- u santu nun suda
Descendants
- Maltese: santu