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iu

See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Translingual

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iu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Inuktitut.

Aiwoo

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. I

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.

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Adverb

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iu

  1. where
    D-iu esht?
    Where are you from?
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Bislama

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

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Determiner

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iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)

  1. some
  2. a : when necessary to express indefiniteness
    • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
      Tio ne estas mia libro, sed ĝi estas iu libro.
      That is not my book, but it is a book.
    • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
      kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono
      like a wise Solomon

Derived terms

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Pronoun

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iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)

  1. someone, somebody

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Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite Universal Negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
Reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
Time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
Place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
Motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
Manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
Possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
Demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
Amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
Demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Gothic

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Romanization

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iu

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

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Romanization

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iu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti (Indonesia)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

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iu

  1. shark

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

Verb

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iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)

  1. to drink

Derived terms

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  • iuder (“drinker”)
  • iuoil (“drinkable, potable”, adj)

Marshallese

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Noun

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iu

  1. coconut
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  • ni (coconut tree)

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Okinawan

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Romanization

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iu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Old High German

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.

Pronoun

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iu

  1. accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: jû, jûw
    • Low German: ju, jug, jo, jau, u, ugg

Pijin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English you.

Pronoun

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iu

  1. you (second person singular pronoun)

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Pijin personal pronouns
singular dual trial plural
1st person mi mitufala (exclusive)
iumitufala (inclusive) 		mitrifala (exclusive)
iumitrifala (inclusive) 		mifala (exclusive)
iumifala, iumi (inclusive)
2nd person iu iutufala iutrifala iufala
3rd person hem tufala trifala ol/olketa

Sicilian

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iu

  1. Alternative form of eu (“I”)

Tok Pisin

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

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iu

  1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
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