Translingual

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Letter

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uu (upper case UU)

  1. obsolete typography of w

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Äiwoo

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Adverb

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uu

  1. up above

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Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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uu

  1. very
    I ha di uu gärn.I like you very much.

Synonyms

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'Are'are

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Noun

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uu

  1. louse

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Chayuco Mixtec

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mixtec *ùwì.

Numeral

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uu

  1. two

Derived terms

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References

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  • Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149

Estonian

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Noun

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uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin ū.

Noun

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uu

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
Declension
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Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative uu uut
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
illative uuhun uihin
singular plural
nominative uu uut
accusative nom. uu uut
gen. uun
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
inessive uussa uissa
elative uusta uista
illative uuhun uihin
adessive uulla uilla
ablative uulta uilta
allative uulle uille
essive uuna uina
translative uuksi uiksi
abessive uutta uitta
instructive uin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative uuni uuni
accusative nom. uuni uuni
gen. uuni
genitive uuni uideni
uitteni
partitive uutani uitani
inessive uussani uissani
elative uustani uistani
illative uuhuni uihini
adessive uullani uillani
ablative uultani uiltani
allative uulleni uilleni
essive uunani uinani
translative uukseni uikseni
abessive uuttani uittani
instructive
comitative uineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative uusi uusi
accusative nom. uusi uusi
gen. uusi
genitive uusi uidesi
uittesi
partitive uutasi uitasi
inessive uussasi uissasi
elative uustasi uistasi
illative uuhusi uihisi
adessive uullasi uillasi
ablative uultasi uiltasi
allative uullesi uillesi
essive uunasi uinasi
translative uuksesi uiksesi
abessive uuttasi uittasi
instructive
comitative uinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative uumme uumme
accusative nom. uumme uumme
gen. uumme
genitive uumme uidemme
uittemme
partitive uutamme uitamme
inessive uussamme uissamme
elative uustamme uistamme
illative uuhumme uihimme
adessive uullamme uillamme
ablative uultamme uiltamme
allative uullemme uillemme
essive uunamme uinamme
translative uuksemme uiksemme
abessive uuttamme uittamme
instructive
comitative uinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative uunne uunne
accusative nom. uunne uunne
gen. uunne
genitive uunne uidenne
uittenne
partitive uutanne uitanne
inessive uussanne uissanne
elative uustanne uistanne
illative uuhunne uihinne
adessive uullanne uillanne
ablative uultanne uiltanne
allative uullenne uillenne
essive uunanne uinanne
translative uuksenne uiksenne
abessive uuttanne uittanne
instructive
comitative uinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative uunsa uunsa
accusative nom. uunsa uunsa
gen. uunsa
genitive uunsa uidensa
uittensa
partitive uutaan
uutansa
uitaan
uitansa
inessive uussaan
uussansa
uissaan
uissansa
elative uustaan
uustansa
uistaan
uistansa
illative uuhunsa uihinsa
adessive uullaan
uullansa
uillaan
uillansa
ablative uultaan
uultansa
uiltaan
uiltansa
allative uulleen
uullensa
uilleen
uillensa
essive uunaan
uunansa
uinaan
uinansa
translative uukseen
uuksensa
uikseen
uiksensa
abessive uuttaan
uuttansa
uittaan
uittansa
instructive
comitative uineen
uinensa

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Finnic *uu, possibly from Proto-Uralic *uŋe.

Noun

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uu (dialectal, rare)

  1. hole, nest
Declension
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Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative uu uut
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
illative uuhun uihin
singular plural
nominative uu uut
accusative nom. uu uut
gen. uun
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
inessive uussa uissa
elative uusta uista
illative uuhun uihin
adessive uulla uilla
ablative uulta uilta
allative uulle uille
essive uuna uina
translative uuksi uiksi
abessive uutta uitta
instructive uin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative uuni uuni
accusative nom. uuni uuni
gen. uuni
genitive uuni uideni
uitteni
partitive uutani uitani
inessive uussani uissani
elative uustani uistani
illative uuhuni uihini
adessive uullani uillani
ablative uultani uiltani
allative uulleni uilleni
essive uunani uinani
translative uukseni uikseni
abessive uuttani uittani
instructive
comitative uineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative uusi uusi
accusative nom. uusi uusi
gen. uusi
genitive uusi uidesi
uittesi
partitive uutasi uitasi
inessive uussasi uissasi
elative uustasi uistasi
illative uuhusi uihisi
adessive uullasi uillasi
ablative uultasi uiltasi
allative uullesi uillesi
essive uunasi uinasi
translative uuksesi uiksesi
abessive uuttasi uittasi
instructive
comitative uinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative uumme uumme
accusative nom. uumme uumme
gen. uumme
genitive uumme uidemme
uittemme
partitive uutamme uitamme
inessive uussamme uissamme
elative uustamme uistamme
illative uuhumme uihimme
adessive uullamme uillamme
ablative uultamme uiltamme
allative uullemme uillemme
essive uunamme uinamme
translative uuksemme uiksemme
abessive uuttamme uittamme
instructive
comitative uinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative uunne uunne
accusative nom. uunne uunne
gen. uunne
genitive uunne uidenne
uittenne
partitive uutanne uitanne
inessive uussanne uissanne
elative uustanne uistanne
illative uuhunne uihinne
adessive uullanne uillanne
ablative uultanne uiltanne
allative uullenne uillenne
essive uunanne uinanne
translative uuksenne uiksenne
abessive uuttanne uittanne
instructive
comitative uinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative uunsa uunsa
accusative nom. uunsa uunsa
gen. uunsa
genitive uunsa uidensa
uittensa
partitive uutaan
uutansa
uitaan
uitansa
inessive uussaan
uussansa
uissaan
uissansa
elative uustaan
uustansa
uistaan
uistansa
illative uuhunsa uihinsa
adessive uullaan
uullansa
uillaan
uillansa
ablative uultaan
uultansa
uiltaan
uiltansa
allative uulleen
uullensa
uilleen
uillensa
essive uunaan
uunansa
uinaan
uinansa
translative uukseen
uuksensa
uikseen
uiksensa
abessive uuttaan
uuttansa
uittaan
uittansa
instructive
comitative uineen
uinensa
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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English who.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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uu

  1. (interrogative) who (asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 21:12:
      “Kom nyam brekfas,” Jiizas se tu dem. Bot non a dem neehn bier fies inof fi aks im se, “A uu yu?” kaa dem did nuo se a did di Laad.
      Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
  2. (relative) who (introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 2:19-20:
      Afta Erad ded, luk ya no: wan a di Laad ienjel dem no jriim Juozif wen im de a Iijip. 20Di ienjel se, “Git op, tek di pikni an im mada an gwaan a Izrel, kaa uu did a chrai fi kil di pikni, dem ded.”
      But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
    • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 23:
      Evribadi uu wok av di rait tu gud and fier pie fi mek shuor se im an im fambili a liv a laif we mek im fiil gud bout imself an se im wot sopm ina laif, an kyan get eni ada saat a pie, if im niid it, bai eni ada sopuot we sosaiyati kyan aafa.
      Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Further reading

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  • uu at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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uu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うう

Kapingamarangi

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Noun

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uu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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uu

  1. Used to express impatience (the lengthier the more impatient).
    uu aqbad u mur!oh just go!!

Derived terms

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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uu

  1. Alternative form of w

Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, compare Malay hiu.

Noun

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uu

  1. shark

Tuvaluan

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Noun

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uu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Võro

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Noun

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uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV uu
Brazilian standard uu
New Tribes uu
historical ad hoc u

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uu (possessed uudu)

  1. cassava bread

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “uu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 220, 388, 400:d - udu' > dudu' 'his cassava' [] du:du - his cassava [] u: - casavva [sic]
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “cassava (u)”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 28:u