iu
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
iu
AiwooEdit
PronounEdit
iu
ReferencesEdit
- 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.
AromanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.
PronunciationEdit
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AdverbEdit
iu
Related termsEdit
BislamaEdit
PronounEdit
iu
- Alternative form of yu
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -u (correlative suffix of individuals).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
DeterminerEdit
iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)
- some
- 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.
- Tio ne estas mia libro, sed ĝi estas iu libro.
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
- kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono
- like a wise Solomon
- kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
Derived termsEdit
PronounEdit
iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)
Derived termsEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
iu
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌿
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
iu
Leti (Indonesia)Edit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.
NounEdit
iu
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.
VerbEdit
iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)
- to drink
Derived termsEdit
MarshalleseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
iu
Related termsEdit
- ni (coconut tree)
ReferencesEdit
Old High GermanEdit
PronounEdit
iu
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.
PronounEdit
iu
- accusative/dative of gi
DescendantsEdit
PijinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
iu
- you (second person singular pronoun)
See alsoEdit
SicilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant of eu, jù, jò, possibly due to influence of Italian io, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
iu
- (first person singular pronoun) I
- iu sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu. ― I can read Sicilian.
Usage notesEdit
- In Sicilian speaking this pronoun can be postponed with respect to verb.
- In some dialects it can also become an emphasizing enclitic particle
- Ju ci parrai-ju
- I talked to him.
InflectionEdit
nominative | iu |
---|---|
prepositional | mìa |
accusative | mi |
dative | mi |
reflexive | mi |
See alsoEdit
Tok PisinEdit
PronounEdit
iu
- Alternative form of yu
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
iu
- (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.