See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

iu

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

AiwooEdit

PronounEdit

iu

  1. I

ReferencesEdit

AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

AdverbEdit

iu

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

Related termsEdit

BislamaEdit

PronounEdit

iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

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 termsEdit

PronounEdit

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

  1. someone, somebody

Derived termsEdit

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

iu

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

iu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti (Indonesia)Edit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

iu

  1. shark

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)

  1. to drink

Derived termsEdit

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

MarshalleseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

iu

  1. coconut

Related termsEdit

  • ni (coconut tree)

ReferencesEdit

Old High GermanEdit

PronounEdit

iu

  1. dative plural of ir

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

  1. accusative/dative of gi

DescendantsEdit

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

PijinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English you.

PronounEdit

iu

  1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See alsoEdit

SicilianEdit

 
Sicilian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia scn

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of eu, , , possibly due to influence of Italian io, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ʊ/
  • Hyphenation: ì‧u

PronounEdit

iu

  1. (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

  1. Alternative form of yu

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

iu

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