u

See also: U, ս, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

u U+0075, u LATIN SMALL LETTER U ← t [U+0074] Basic Latin v → [U+0076]

ｕ U+FF55, ｕ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER U ← ｔ [U+FF54] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｖ → [U+FF56]

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TranslingualEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ
• (other scripts) Cyrillic у (u), Greek υ (y, “upsilon”), Hebrew ו‎ (w, “vav”)
• u on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA

  (file)

SymbolEdit

u

1. (metrology) symbol for unified atomic mass unit
2. (phonetics) Used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a close back rounded vowel (/u/).
3. (physics) up quark

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of U:

NATO phonetic: Uniform Morse code: ··– Braille: ⠥ ASL Manual: U

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

PronunciationEdit

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /juː/
• Homophones: ewe, yew, you, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

Phoneme

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U, plural u's)

1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

   I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

NounEdit

u (plural ues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
2. A thing in the shape of the letter U

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

TranslationsEdit

name of the letter U, u

• Arabic: أُو‎‎ m (ʾū), يُو‎‎ m (yū)
• Catalan: u (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: u (eo)
• Finnish: uu (fi)
• Galician: u (gl) m
• Greek: γιου n (giou)
• Hawaiian: ʻū
• Hindi: यू (hi) (yū)
• Ido: u (io)
• Irish: ú, úr

• Japanese: ユー (yū)
• Korean: 유 (ko) (yu)
• Latin: ū (la)
• Malay: yu (ms)
• Marathi: यू (yū)
• Polish: u (pl) n, u otwarte n (when contrasted with "ó")
• Portuguese: u (pt) m
• Russian: ю (ru) n (ju) (English), у (ru) n (u)
• Spanish: u (es) f
• Thai: ยู (th) (yuu)
• Turkish: u (tr)
• Vietnamese: u (vi)

Derived termsEdit

• u-turn
• u-bolt

PronounEdit

u (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective)

1. (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) you (in text messaging and internet conversations)

   Take me with u.

AbbreviationEdit

u

1. Underwater.

Derived termsEdit

• u-boat (1)

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AcehneseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [u]

NounEdit

u

1. coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

ReferencesEdit

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /y/

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch u.

PronounEdit

u

1. (formal) you (singular, subject and object)

See alsoEdit

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch uw.

DeterminerEdit

u

1. (formal) your (singular)

See alsoEdit

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

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AjiëEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [u]

VerbEdit

u

1. to swim

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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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *wa, from Proto-Indo-European *su̯om.

PronounEdit

u

1. reflexive pronoun

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AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aut.

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. or

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AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille. Compare Romanian o.

PronounEdit

u f (short/unstressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object) her

Related termsEdit

• ãl (masculine equivalent)
• li (plural)

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AsturianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin aut.

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. or

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ubi.

PronounEdit

u

1. where (relative pronoun)

AdverbEdit

u

1. where

Related termsEdit

• ú

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AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

LetterEdit

u lower case (upper case U)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈu/

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

u f (plural us)

1. The Latin letter U (lowercase u).

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

u m (plural uns)

1. (cardinal) one

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CorsicanEdit

ArticleEdit

u m

1. the

Related termsEdit

• a, i, e, l'

PronounEdit

u m

1. him, it

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

  (file)

PrepositionEdit

u + genitive

1. at
2. by

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Originally the accusative/dative form of jij/gij, from Middle Dutch u, from Old Dutch iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, West Germanic variant of *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Doublet of jou.

The use as a nominative stems from an original possessive uwe edelheid (“your gentility”), which was later shortened to U E. and finally to u.

Cognate with West Frisian jo, Low German jo, ju, English you, German euch.

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /y/

PronounEdit

u

1. (personal, second-person singular, subjective) you (polite).

   Bent u klaar? ― Are you ready?

   Bent u er nog? ― Are you still there?

2. (personal, second-person singular, objective) you (polite).

   Ik zal het aan u geven. ― I will give it to you.

   Dit zal niet werken voor u. ― This won’t work for you.

3. (personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal).

   Ik doe dat wel voor u. ― I’ll do it for thee.

4. (personal, second-person plural, subjective) you (polite).

   Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? ― Have you prepared that exercise?

5. (personal, second-person plural, objective) you (polite).

   Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. ― They’ll do it for you.

6. (reflexive, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)

   Gij hebt u niet gewassen. ― Thou hast not washed thyself.

7. (reflexive, second-person plural) yourselves (dialectal)

   Wast u eens. ― Wash yourselves.

Usage notesEdit

• The capitalization of u (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned, and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized.
• See usage notes at gij.

InflectionEdit

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive5
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me	mijner
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	hare	zich	harer
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons	onzer
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).				5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Alternative formsEdit

• (Brabantian) a

SynonymsEdit

• jou
• U

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: v

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /u/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

NounEdit

u (accusative singular u-on, plural u-oj, accusative plural u-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /uː/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Finnish alphabet, called uu and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /y/

NounEdit

u m (plural us)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

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FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

u

1. Romanization of 𐌿

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /u/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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InterlingueEdit

AdverbEdit

u

1. where

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u

NounEdit

u f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

u

1. Rōmaji transcription of う
2. Rōmaji transcription of ウ

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː/

NounEdit

ū (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter V.

Coordinate termsEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

ReferencesEdit

• u in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
    
• u in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

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LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [u]

LetterEdit

U

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [u]

NounEdit

u m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

See alsoEdit

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

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LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʊ/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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MalayEdit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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MalteseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• w (before a vowel; also after a vowel, unless the following word begins with a consonant cluster)

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic وَ‎ (wa), from Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־‎ (wə-).

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. and; used to connect words, phrases, etc.

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Mauritian CreoleEdit

PronounEdit

u (informal to)

1. Alternative spelling of ou

See alsoEdit

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

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Middle DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Dutch iuwa, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.

DeterminerEdit

u

1. your (plural)
2. your (singular, informal)

Usage notesEdit

See the usage notes for gi.

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: uw
• Limburgish: eur

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronounEdit

u

1. accusative and dative of gi

Further readingEdit

• “uwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “u (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

u

1. Alternative form of ew

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin u, v.

LetterEdit

u

1. u (letter)
2. v (letter)

Usage notesEdit

• u and v were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

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Middle High GermanEdit

PronounEdit

ū

1. (personal pronoun, dative, Middle German) Alternative form of iu.

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Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /uː/

PronounEdit

û

1. (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of jû.
2. (possessive) Alternative form of jû.

DeclensionEdit

Possessive pronoun:

Declension of u

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	û	ûwen	ûwem(e) (ûwennote)	ûwes
Neuter		û
Feminine		ûwe	ûwer(e)
Plural	ûwe		ûwen	ûwer(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	ûwe	ûwen	ûwen
Neuter		ûwe
Feminine		ûwen
Plural	ûwen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

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NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ieil (Guernsey)
• yi (Jersey)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

NounEdit

u m (plural uûs or uur)

1. (France, anatomy) eye

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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʉː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ʉ/, /ʊ/

LetterEdit

u

1. The 21st letter of the Norwegian alphabet

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Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ubi.

AdverbEdit

u

1. (interrogative) where

DescendantsEdit

• Middle French: ou
  • French: où

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin u, v.

LetterEdit

u

1. u (letter)
2. v (letter)

Usage notesEdit

• u and v were represented by a single character in Old French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ubi.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/

AdverbEdit

u

1. where
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

DescendantsEdit

• Galician: u
• Portuguese: u

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

• Audio

  (file)

PrepositionEdit

u (+ genitive)

1. at

Further readingEdit

• u in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/
• Homophone: o

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

u m (plural us)

1. u (name of the letter U, u)

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Portuguese u, from Latin ubi. Cognate with Galician u, French où, Italian ove and Romanian iuo.

AdverbEdit

u

1. (obsolete) where
   • 1534, Gil Vicente, Auto de Mofina Mendes:

     […] nam ſey per u

     […] (I) don't know where

SynonymsEdit

• (where): onde

Etymology 3Edit

ArticleEdit

u m

1. Eye dialect spelling of o.

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PumpokolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

PronounEdit

u

1. you (second-person plural subjective)

SynonymsEdit

• úe

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

LetterEdit

u (lowercase, capital U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /u/. Preceded by ţ and followed by v.

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RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aut.

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. or

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RumuEdit

NounEdit

u

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Rumu-English-Motu dictionary; Rumu (misc)
• Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)
• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

Alternative formsEdit

• (uppercase) U

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

1. The 27th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by t and followed by v.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

  (file)

PrepositionEdit

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

1. (+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   biti u školi ― to be in school

   u c(ij)elom društvu ― in the whole society

2. (+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   ići u školu ― to go to school

   putovati u Ameriku ― to travel to America

3. (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)

   u podne ― at noon

   u sr(ij)edu ― on Wednesday

   u zoru ― at dawn

   U koliko sati? ― At what time?

4. (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

   u jednom danu ― in one day

   u mladosti ― during one's youth

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /w/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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SomaliEdit

PrepositionEdit

u

1. to
2. for

Usage notesEdit

• In Somali, prepositions fall before the verb and not before the noun they modify:

  u sheeg -- to tell (lit. to call to)

  u keen -- to bring to

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SpanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet.

NounEdit

u f (plural úes)

1. Name of the letter U.

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/, [u], [w]

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. or

Alternative formsEdit

• ú (obsolete)

Usage notesEdit

Used instead of o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.

Further readingEdit

• “u” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ʉː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ɵ/

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

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TolaiEdit

PronounEdit

u

1. Second-person singular pronoun: you (singular)

DeclensionEdit

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Torres Strait CreoleEdit

NounEdit

u

1. (eastern dialect) a mature coconut

Usage notesEdit

U is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by pes and followed by drai koknat.

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

NounEdit

u

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /uː/

LetterEdit

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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TzotzilEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

NounEdit

u

1. moon
2. month

SynonymsEdit

• (moon): jch'ul me'tik

ReferencesEdit

• “ˀu(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

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UzbekEdit

PronounEdit

u (Cyrillic у)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing that is far away from the speaker. that.
   • U eshik. ― That is a door. / That door.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

u

1. (Northern Vietnam) mother; mom

SynonymsEdit

• mẹ
• mợ
• mạ
• má

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Vietic *ʔuː (“hump (of a zebu)”).

NounEdit

(classifier khối, cục) u (幽, 𢉾)

1. (oncology, pathology) tumor

Derived termsEdit

• u mỡ
• u xơ tử cung
• u nang buồng trứng

Related termsEdit

• ung thư

Etymology 3Edit

From Portuguese u.

NounEdit

u

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

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VolapükEdit

ConjunctionEdit

u

1. or

Alternative formsEdit

1. (in front of vowels) ud

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z