iu

See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Translingual

Symbol

iu

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

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.

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

Bislama

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

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
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 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”)

Gothic

Romanization

iu

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti (Indonesia)

Etymology

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

Noun

iu

1. shark

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)

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

Old High German

Pronoun

iu

1. dative plural of ir

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

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

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• eu, jeu
• jù, jò (possibly with external influence)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

iu

1. (first person singular pronoun) I

   iu sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu. ― I can read Sicilian.

Usage notes

• 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.

Inflection

nominative	iu
prepositional	mìa
accusative	mi
dative	mi
reflexive	mi

See also

• tu
• iḍḍu, iḍḍa
• nui, nuiautri
• vui, vuiautri
• iḍḍi

Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

iu

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