aitu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from a Polynesian language, from Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪtuː/ Hyphenation: ai‧tu === Noun === aitu (plural aitus or aitu) A ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology. === Anagrams === utia == Latvian == === Noun === aitu f inflection of aita: accusative/instrumental singular genitive plural == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates include Niuean aitu and Samoan aitu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaitu/ [ˈɐitʉ] === Noun === aitu (mythology) atua of disaster and death demons sickness calamity, misery grief, sorrow woe === Adjective === aitu sorrowful woeful ==== Derived terms ==== aituā === References === == Niuean == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates include Māori aitu and Samoan aitu. === Noun === aitu ghost (supernatural being) === References === Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 46 == Samoan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates include Māori aitu and Tokelauan aitu. === Noun === aitu ghost spirit === References === Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 12 == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu, from Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates include Māori aitu and Samoan aitu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.ˈi.tu] Hyphenation: a‧i‧tu === Noun === aitu ghost evil spirit ==== Synonyms ==== (ghost): agāga ==== Derived terms ==== aitua === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2 == Tooro == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /áí̯tu/, [éí̯tu] === Pronoun === -aitu (declinable) our (first-person plural possessive pronoun) ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== == Umbrian == === Verb === aitu (late Iguvine) alternative form of 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌖 (aitu)