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anum

anum

See also: ánum and -anum

Akan

Numeral

anum

  1. (Twi, cardinal) five

Central Melanau

Noun

anum

  1. water

References

  • The Sarawak Museum Journal (U.S. Government Printing Office; 1970), pages 348-349 (a story explaining the taboo on eating the ikan udun freshwater fish): Nyadin anum in sama kawa' jigem anum ga' guun ga' gi'ih, debei lah nyam anum dagen daal, debei masin.
  • Melanau and Indonesian: a comparative grammatical study (1999), page 90

Daro-Matu Melanau

Noun

anum

  1. water

Reference

  • Richard McGinn,

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

ánum

  1. (cardinal) six

Kanowit

Noun

anum

  1. water

Reference

  • Richard McGinn,

Latin

Noun

ānum

  1. accusative singular of ānus