iu

See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Aiwoo

Pronoun

iu

1. I

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Aromanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

iu

1. where

   D-iu esht?

   Where are you from?

Related terms

• iutsido / iutsãdo
• iuva

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Bislama

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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

1. some

Derived terms

• iu ajn (“any”)

Pronoun

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

1. someone, somebody

Derived terms

• iu ajn (“anyone, anybody”)
• iutage (“one day, someday”)

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Gothic

Romanization

iu

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

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Japanese

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

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Leti (Indonesia)

Etymology

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

Noun

iu

1. shark

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Manx

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to drink

Derived terms

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

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [i̯u]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jiw/
• Bender phonemes: {yiw}

Noun

iu

1. coconut

Related terms

• ni (coconut tree)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Old High German

Pronoun

iu

1. dative plural of ir

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• eu, iuu, giu

Etymology

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

Pronoun

iu

1. accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

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

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Pijin

Alternative forms

• yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See also

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

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego (“I”). Akin to Italian io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈi.u]
• Hyphenation: ì‧u

Pronoun

iu

1. I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

Inflection

nominative	iu
prepositional	mia
accusative	mi
dative	mi
reflexive	mi

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Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]

Verb

iu

1. (slang, euphemistic) Eye dialect spelling of yêu.