u-
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Typographical substitution for μ, in environments where the correct symbol is not available.
PrefixEdit
u-
BasqueEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- combining form of ur (“water”)
ChuukeseEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- (subject marker for tense modifying pronouns) I
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
u-
- (away) from
- (inchoative)
- (telicity)
- added to mean a bit
- (u- + imperfective base + se) intensification: until exhaustion, expressing final stage of a process. (collocates with k smrti (“to death”))
- (on perfective verbs) unintentionally, inadvertently, by mistake
- (root modality) [i.e., deontic + dynamic modality: ability, obligation, permission, readiness]
- to gain by activity
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- u-/ú- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
DanishEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
KambaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u-
- you singular (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)
KamberaEdit
PronounEdit
u-
- Alternative form of mu-
See alsoEdit
MaquiritariEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Allomorph of y- (first-person prefix) used for stems that begin with two consonants and have a first vowel u.
InflectionEdit
pronoun | noun possessor/ series II verb argument |
postposition object | series I verb argument | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
transitive patient | intransitive patient-like | intransitive agent-like | transitive agent | |||||||
first person | ewü | y-, ∅-, ü-, u- | w-, wi- | |||||||
first person dual inclusive | küwü | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kii-, ki- | |||||||
second person | amödö | ö-, öy-, o-, oy-, a-, ay- | m-, mi- | |||||||
first person dual exclusive | nña | y-, ch-, ∅-, i- | chö- | ∅- | n-, ni- | |||||
third person | tüwü | n-, ni- | ||||||||
distant past third person | — | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | ||||||||
coreferential/reflexive | — | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | — | |||||||
reciprocal | — | — | öö- |
series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient | |
---|---|
first person > second person | mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- |
first person dual exclusive > second person | |
second person > first person | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- |
second person > first person dual exclusive | |
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person | see person X in the chart above |
Northern NdebeleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
u-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial ka-)
Etymology 4Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 5Edit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (“not”). Doublet of a-.
PrefixEdit
u-
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “u-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ú- or ó-, English un-, German un-. With the intensifying function probably influenced by ov-.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- un- (not)
- flaks → uflaks
- luck → bad luck
- used to create an undesired version of the following noun
- vêr → uvêr
- weather → severe weather
- tid → utid
- time → inconvenient time
- vêr → uvêr
- used to strengthen/intensify the following noun
- tal → utal
- number → huge number
- tal → utal
- an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “u-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PhuthiEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial ka-)
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
- Perfective prefix
- added to mean "a bit"
- added to mean away
- (rare) added to mean successfully, often without an imperfective counterpart
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- u- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- u- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *u-. Prefixed form of the preposition u.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
Derived termsEdit
Southern NdebeleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial ka-)
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
SwahiliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- w- (before a vowel)
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (plural n-)
- The prefix for noun class 11 denoting natural objects or extensions.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (usually uncountable, irregular plural ma-)
- The prefix for noun class 14 denoting abstract qualities or collections of small things; -ness or -ity.
Usage notesEdit
- Used to form the names of countries.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SwaziEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial ka-)
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
TaosEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- (transitive) Third person singular subject + third person duoplural object.
TlingitEdit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Marks the irrealis mood
XhosaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
u-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial ka-)
Etymology 4Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 5Edit
PrefixEdit
u-
- Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.
ZuluEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
u- (medial wu-)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. This noun class is marked simply with the class 1 augment and a null prefix.
PrefixEdit
ú-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
ú- (medial ká-)
Etymology 4Edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
PrefixEdit
ú- (medial wú-)
Etymology 5Edit
Contracted from earlier úlu-, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-dʊ̀-.
PrefixEdit
û-
- Class 11 noun prefix.
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “u-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “u-”