Abbreviation ofEnglishIli'uun.
ilu
ilu
ílu m
ilu m (ilu)
Related toMaoriruaki,Malayluah andFijianlua
ilu
FromProto-Finnic*ilo, further origin unknown. Cognates includeFinnishilo andVoticilo.
ilu (genitiveilu,partitiveilu)
| Declension ofilu (ÕS type17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ilu | ilud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ilu | ||
| genitive | ilude | ||
| partitive | ilu | ilusid | |
| illative | illu ilusse | iludesse | |
| inessive | ilus | iludes | |
| elative | ilust | iludest | |
| allative | ilule | iludele | |
| adessive | ilul | iludel | |
| ablative | ilult | iludelt | |
| translative | iluks | iludeks | |
| terminative | iluni | iludeni | |
| essive | iluna | iludena | |
| abessive | iluta | iludeta | |
| comitative | iluga | iludega | |
ilu
Borrowed fromFrenchil, fromVulgar Latin*illī, which is related to ClassicalLatinille, +-u(“denoting a person”).
ilu (in the pluralili)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | possessive | nominative | possessive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
| first person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
| second person | formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
| familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
| third person | masculine | ilu,il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
| feminine | elu,el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
| neuter | olu,ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
| common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
| reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
| indefinite | onu,on | onua | onui | onu,on | onua | onui | |
ilu
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*si-ida, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ida. CompareKapampanganila,Tagal Murutilo,Bukitanroh,Lotudido.
ilu
| absolute | ergative | oblique | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disjunctive | enclitic | ||||
| first person | singular | aku/i aku/yaku | ku | kanaku | |
| plural inclusive | ikatamu | katamu/tamu | tamu/ta | kekatamu | |
| plural exclusive | ikami,ike | kami/ke | mi | kekami/keke | |
| second person | singular | ika | ka | mu | keka |
| plural | ikayu/iko | kayu/ko | yu | kekayu/keko | |
| third person | singular | iya/ya | ya | na | keya/kaya |
| plural | ila | la | da/ra | karela | |
From (Western)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qizuR. CompareIbaloiilol,Javaneseidu,Karaoilol, andPangasinanilol.
ilu
Originally an alternative form oflilu(“to him”), etc., pronominal forms ofArabicلَ(la,“to, for”),إلَى(ʔilā,“to, towards”). The adverbial construction exists in several Arabic dialects; compare e.g.North Levantine Arabicإلي يومين ما نمت(ʔili yawmayn ma nimt,“I haven’t slept in two days”). The postpositional use is derived therefrom.
ilu
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | ili | ilna | |||
| 2nd person | ilek | ilkom | |||
| 3rd person | ilu | ilha | ilhom | ||
ilu
ilu
ilu
From (Western)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qizuR. CompareIbaloiilol,Javaneseidu,Karaoilol, andPangasinanilol.
ilu
ilu f (uncountable)
ilu (needs class)
ì-(“nominalizing prefix”) +lú(“to intermingle, to mix, to come together”).
ìlú

Fromì-(“nominalizing prefix”) +lù(“to beat, to hit”), literally“that which is beaten”.
ìlù