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ui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch ui.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /œj/, [ʊ̟i̯]
  • Audio(file)

Noun edit

ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)

  1. onion
    Synonym: uintjie

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)

  1. onion, Allium cepa
    Synonym: ajuin
  2. (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: ui

Further reading edit

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification(key): ui

Verb edit

ui

  1. third-person singular present/past indicative of uida

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification(key): ui

Verb edit

ui

  1. inflection of uida:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Etymology 3 edit

Interjection edit

ui

  1. Alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /u.ʷi/

Noun edit

ui (plural uit)

  1. husband
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
      Potterip nulia Dursleyp nulia qatannigutigaa ukiorpassuarni takusimanngisaa. Dursleyp nulia qatannguteqanngitsutut pissusilersortarpoq, qatanngutaami taanna uialu atorsinnaanngitsoq ilaqutariit Dursleykkunnut nallersuussinnaanngillat.
      Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.

Declension edit

Declension of ui
singular plural
absolutive ui uit
ergative uip uit
allative uimut uinut
ablative uimit uinit
prosecutive uikkut uitigut
locative uimi uini
instrumental uimik uinik
equative uisut uisut

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ui – see 威 (“pomp; power; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 威).

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈuji]
  • Hyphenation: ui
  • Rhymes: -ji

Interjection edit

ui

  1. oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ui

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うい

Khumi Chin edit

 
Ui.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ui

  1. dog

References edit

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 47

Mizo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun edit

ui

  1. dog

References edit

  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Murui Huitoto edit

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈui̯]
  • Hyphenation: ui

Root edit

ui

  1. eye

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

ui!

  1. used to comment on a close call

Descendants edit

Pumé edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

ui

  1. water

References edit

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 234
  • Anuario (1964), volume 1, page 340: en yaruro ui 'agua'

Rapa Nui edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Maori uki.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.i/
  • Hyphenation: u‧i

Noun edit

ui

  1. generation

References edit

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Romanian edit

Verb edit

a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conj.

  1. Obsolete form of vui.

Conjugation edit

    conjugation of ui (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a ui
gerund uind
past participle uit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present uiesc uiești uiește uim uiți uiesc
imperfect uiam uiai uia uiam uiați uiau
simple perfect uii uiși ui uirăm uirăți uiră
pluperfect uisem uiseși uise uiserăm uiserăți uiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să uiesc să uiești să uiască să uim să uiți să uiască
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative uiește uiți
negative nu ui nu uiți

References edit

  • ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sinacantán edit

Noun edit

ui

  1. water

References edit

  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Tarao edit

Noun edit

ui

  1. Alternative spelling of uy (dog).

References edit

  • 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN:

Tedim Chin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun edit

ui

  1. dog

References edit

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Wauja edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ui

  1. snake, serpent
    Punupa ui outsa!
    Look out for the snake!

References edit

  • E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.

Zou edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ùj/
  • Hyphenation: ui

Noun edit

ui

  1. dog

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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