iu
Translingual edit
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iu
Aiwoo edit
Pronoun edit
iu
References edit
- 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.
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.
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iu
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Bislama edit
Pronoun edit
iu
- Alternative form of yu
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -u (correlative suffix of individuals).
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Determiner edit
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.
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
- kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono
- like a wise Solomon
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
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iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)
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Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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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 edit
Romanization edit
iu
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌿
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iu
Leti (Indonesia) edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.
Noun edit
iu
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.
Verb edit
iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)
- to drink
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Marshallese edit
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iu
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- ni (coconut tree)
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iu
Old High German edit
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iu
Old Saxon edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.
Pronoun edit
iu
- accusative/dative of gi
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iu
- you (second person singular pronoun)
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Sicilian edit
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iu
Tok Pisin edit
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iu
- Alternative form of yu
Vietnamese edit
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iu
- (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.