iu

See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Contents

AiwooEdit

PronounEdit

iu

1. I

ReferencesEdit

• 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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AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdverbEdit

iu

1. where

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BislamaEdit

PronounEdit

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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DeterminerEdit

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

1. some

Derived termsEdit

• iu ajn (“any”)

PronounEdit

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

1. someone, somebody

Derived termsEdit

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

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

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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)

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Old SaxonEdit

PronounEdit

iu

1. accusative and dative of gi

DescendantsEdit

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

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PijinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• yu

EtymologyEdit

From English you.

PronounEdit

iu

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See alsoEdit

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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SicilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego (“I”).

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

iu

1. I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

InflectionEdit

nominative	iu
prepositional	mia
accusative	mi
dative	mi
reflexive	mi

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Tok PisinEdit

PronounEdit

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

iu

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