'u
Guaraní edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
'u (active, transitive, irregular)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of 'u
Derived terms edit
- y'u (“drink water”)
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
'u
- him (accusative)
Coordinate terms edit
| Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
| second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
| second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
| third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
| plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
| second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
| third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) | |||||
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu (“to eat”), from Proto-Tupian *kʔu (“to speak”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
'u (first-person singular active indicative aî'u, first-person singular negative active indicative naî'uî, noun 'u) (transitive)
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'u”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 491, column 1
Tarantino edit
Article edit
'u m sg (plural le)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of eu (“their”).
Pronunciation edit
Usage notes edit
- Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales, making it homophonous with singular 'i in all varieties of the spoken language.
Determiner edit
'u
- their (used after vowels)
- Ymwelon ni â’u hwyres nhw’n yr ysbyty.
- We visited their granddaughter in hospital.
Pronoun edit
'u
- them (used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun or verb)
- Cyhuddodd fi o’u dwyn ac yna’u gwerthu.
- He/She accused me of stealing them and then selling them.
- Fe’u ceir yma o bryd i'w gilydd.
- They are found (lit. "One finds them") here occasionally.
Usage notes edit
- In formal Welsh, the contraction 'u is a valid form of eu found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, eu is often contracted to 'u after almost any vowel-final word.
- Pronomial 'u (and eu) can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'u is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a and y. After certain certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as ni, na, oni and pe, -s is used instead.
- After the preposition i (“to”), the contraction changes to i’w.
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'u”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies