masu
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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
masu
- A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
Etymology 2
Noun
masu (plural masu)
- A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”).
Noun
masu (plural masu)
See also
- masu-seki (possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.)
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
Noun
másu m
References
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
masu
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Childish form of maha.
Pronunciation
Noun
masu (colloquial, childish)
Declension
Inflection of masu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | masu | masut | |
genitive | masun | masujen | |
partitive | masua | masuja | |
illative | masuun | masuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | masu | masut | |
accusative | nom. | masu | masut |
gen. | masun | ||
genitive | masun | masujen | |
partitive | masua | masuja | |
inessive | masussa | masuissa | |
elative | masusta | masuista | |
illative | masuun | masuihin | |
adessive | masulla | masuilla | |
ablative | masulta | masuilta | |
allative | masulle | masuille | |
essive | masuna | masuina | |
translative | masuksi | masuiksi | |
abessive | masutta | masuitta | |
instructive | — | masuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “masu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
masu
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mansūtus, from Latin mansus, past participle of maneō (“to stay, to remain”).
Verb
masu
- past participle of manoir
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Univerbation of má (“if”) + is (“is”)
Pronunciation
Verb
masu (triggers lenition)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:masu.
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