fonu

From Proto-Micronesian *fanua, from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Cognate with Tahitian fenua.

fonu

1. land
2. island

• fon

Borrowed from Italian fon, originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.nʊ/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: fò‧nu

fonu m

1. (colloquial) hairdryer blowdryer

   Synonyms: fon, sciuca-capiḍḍi

   Mû prujissi-tu u fonu ca ài a ḍḍocu banna, pi favuri?

   Would you like tp hand out the hairdryer you have over there, please?

Possibly borrowed from Italian fono (“a phone”), imitative of English phone, ultimately Derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Akin to sonu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.nʊ/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: fò‧nu

fonu m (plural foni)

1. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

• IPA^(key): /fo.nu/

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

fonu

1. turtle, sea turtle

   ʻI hono fōfoa‘í pē, ‘oku ‘alu leva e fanga ki‘i fonu valevalé ki he ‘ōsení.

   Once hatched, the baby turtles make their way to the ocean.

2. kind of beetle (very shiny) (shaped like a turtle)

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq.

fonu

1. full (of container or its contents, or of a notebook etc.)

   ‘I he ngaahi founga fē ‘e malava ai ke tau fakahāhā ‘oku tau fonu ‘i he mēsi?

   In what ways can we show that we are full of mercy?

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

fonu

1. turtle, sea turtle

   A ko ou tāgata ne olo ki te ulugā honu.

   And those guys have gone to get the two turtles.