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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu

1. water

Clipping of ranskanperuna +‎ -u.

• IPA(key): /ˈrɑnu/, [ˈrɑ̝nu]
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Syllabification(key): ra‧nu
• Hyphenation(key): ra‧nu

ranu (colloquial)

1. french fry, fry, chip (strip of deep-fried potato that has been cut into strips)
   Synonyms: see ranskalainen peruna

The plural (ranut) is used to refer to French fries as a dish. The singular form is used only to refer to a single, individual French fry.

From Motu ranu, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu

1. water

• Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
• Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133

Borrowed from Javanese ranu (“lake”), from Old Javanese ranu (“lake; pond”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈranu/ [ˈra.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: ra‧nu

ranu (plural **ranu-ranu)

1. lake
   Synonym: danau

• “ranu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Old Javanese ranu (“lake; pond”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu (Carakan spelling ꦫꦤꦸ)

1. lake

• → Indonesian: ranu

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu

1. (Bushi) water

• ASJP

Related to nanu (“mixed, jumbled, indistinct, incoherent”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ranu

1. to mix

ranu

1. mixture

• whakaranu
• whāranu

1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “ranu”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 389–90

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ranu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎[2], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

From Proto-Oceanic *ranum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu

1. water

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
• Blust's Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
• IPA(key): /ˈra.nu/
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: ra‧nu

ranu n

1. dative singular of rano

ranu (Cyrillic spelling рану)

1. inflection of ran:
   1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
   2. feminine accusative singular

ranu (Cyrillic spelling рану)

1. accusative singular of rana

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

ranu

1. (Aua) water

• Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
• Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia (1988): POC *dranum 'water' > PAd *dranu > Aua ranu, Wuvulu xanu