solu

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin solus. === Adjective === solu m sg (feminine singular sola, neuter singular solo, masculine plural solos, feminine plural soles) sole alone === Noun === solu m (plural solos) (music) solo == Corsican == === Etymology 1 === From Latin sōlus. Cognate with Italian solo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈso.lu/ Hyphenation: so‧lu ==== Adjective ==== solu (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole) alone single, sole === Etymology 2 === From Latin sōlum. Cognate with Italian solo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈso.lu/ Hyphenation: so‧lu ==== Adverb ==== solu only, just ==== Noun ==== solu m (plural soli) the only one === Etymology 3 === From Latin solum. Cognate with Italian suolo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/ Hyphenation: so‧lu ==== Noun ==== solu m (plural soli) layer leather for shoesoles === References === “solu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from solukka (“gap (between buildings); nook”) (dialectal), itself from sola (“narrow gap between buildings”). Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1858. Perhaps the sense “gap” was used as the basis of the analogy in which cells were seen as small rooms (compare cell < Latin cella (“small room, compartment”)) akin to cramped 'nooks' and/or separated by gaps like nearby buildings. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsolu/, [ˈs̠o̞lu] Rhymes: -olu Syllabification(key): so‧lu Hyphenation(key): so‧lu ==== Noun ==== solu (biology) cell (basic unit of a living organism) cell (small group of people forming part of a larger organization, e.g. in a production facility or of a criminal organization) (meteorology) cell (small thunderstorm that forms ahead of a storm front) (cellular automata) cell (minimal unit of a cellular automaton) (statistics, computing) cell (unit in a statistical array, e.g. in a spreadsheet) (geometry) cell (three-dimensional facet of a polytope) (communication) cell (short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode) ellipsis of soluasunto ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== kenno, selli solua ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “solu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsoluˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞lu(ʔ)] Rhymes: -olu Syllabification(key): so‧lu Hyphenation(key): so‧lu ==== Verb ==== solu inflection of solua: present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative === Anagrams === Soul, Sulo, soul, sulo, ulos == Latvian == === Noun === solu m inflection of sols: accusative/instrumental singular genitive plural === Verb === solu first-person singular present indicative of solīt == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/ Rhymes: -ɔlu Syllabification: so‧lu === Noun === solu instrumental singular of sol == Old English == === Etymology === Uncertain. No corresponding cognates (i.e. feminine o-stem nouns) in the other Germanic languages. Likely a back-formation from solu (“swamp, bog”, literally “miry places, muds”), the nominative/accusative plural of sol (“soil, mud, miry place”), taken collectively. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈso.lu/ === Noun === solu f mire a miry place ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sole English: sole, soal