itsu

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /it͡s̺u/ [i.t͡s̺u]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺u/ [i.t͡s̺u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻u/ [i.t͡s̻u]

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• Rhymes: -its̺u, -u

• Rhymes: -its̺u, -u
• Rhymes: -its̻u, -u

• Hyphenation: i‧tsu

Adjective

itsu (comparative itsuago, superlative itsuen, excessive itsuegi)

1. blind
2. inveterate

Declension

Declension of itsu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		itsu	itsua	itsuak
ergative		itsuk	itsuak	itsuek
dative		itsuri	itsuari	itsuei
genitive		itsuren	itsuaren	itsuen
comitative		itsurekin	itsuarekin	itsuekin
causative		itsurengatik	itsuarengatik	itsuengatik
benefactive		itsurentzat	itsuarentzat	itsuentzat
instrumental		itsuz	itsuaz	itsuez
inessive	anim	itsurengan	itsuarengan	itsuengan
	inan	itsutan	itsuan	itsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	itsutako	itsuko	itsuetako
allative	anim	itsurengana	itsuarengana	itsuengana
	inan	itsutara	itsura	itsuetara
terminative	anim	itsurenganaino	itsuarenganaino	itsuenganaino
	inan	itsutaraino	itsuraino	itsuetaraino
directive	anim	itsurenganantz	itsuarenganantz	itsuenganantz
	inan	itsutarantz	itsurantz	itsuetarantz
destinative	anim	itsurenganako	itsuarenganako	itsuenganako
	inan	itsutarako	itsurako	itsuetarako
ablative	anim	itsurengandik	itsuarengandik	itsuengandik
	inan	itsutatik	itsutik	itsuetatik
partitive		itsurik	—	—
prolative		itsutzat	—	—

Adverb

itsu (comparative itsuago, superlative itsuen, excessive itsuegi)

1. blind, unseeingly

Noun

itsu inan or anim

1. (animate) blind person
2. (inanimate, anatomy) caecum

Declension

Declension of itsu (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		itsu	itsua	itsuak
ergative		itsuk	itsuak	itsuek
dative		itsuri	itsuari	itsuei
genitive		itsuren	itsuaren	itsuen
comitative		itsurekin	itsuarekin	itsuekin
causative		itsurengatik	itsuarengatik	itsuengatik
benefactive		itsurentzat	itsuarentzat	itsuentzat
instrumental		itsuz	itsuaz	itsuez
inessive	anim	itsurengan	itsuarengan	itsuengan
	inan	itsutan	itsuan	itsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	itsutako	itsuko	itsuetako
allative	anim	itsurengana	itsuarengana	itsuengana
	inan	itsutara	itsura	itsuetara
terminative	anim	itsurenganaino	itsuarenganaino	itsuenganaino
	inan	itsutaraino	itsuraino	itsuetaraino
directive	anim	itsurenganantz	itsuarenganantz	itsuenganantz
	inan	itsutarantz	itsurantz	itsuetarantz
destinative	anim	itsurenganako	itsuarenganako	itsuenganako
	inan	itsutarako	itsurako	itsuetarako
ablative	anim	itsurengandik	itsuarengandik	itsuengandik
	inan	itsutatik	itsutik	itsuetatik
partitive		itsurik	—	—
prolative		itsutzat	—	—

Further reading

• “itsu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “itsu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Ifè

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba iṣu, Yoruba uṣu, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *u-cu, *i-cu, Proto-Edekiri *u-cu, *i-cu ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.t͡ʃū/

Noun

itsu

1. yam; (in particular) Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata

Related terms

• èsṹrṹ
• làbɔ̀kɔ̀
• ɔ̀gbɔ̀
• òlùbɔ́-itsu (“yam flour”)

Japanese

Romanization

itsu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いつ