uú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uu"

Classical Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi u'u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈʔu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ú

Noun

uú

1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

   Roĭ chembo uú. ― The cold gives me a cough.

Adjective

uú

1. to have a cough

   Che uú. ― I have a cough.

Descendants

• Guaraní: hu'u

Further reading

• Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (1639) “Vú”, in Tesoro de la lengua guaraní [Thesaurus of the Guarani Language] (overall work in Spanish), Madrid, page 407v, columns 1–2