uu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "uu"
Translingual edit
Letter edit
uu (upper case UU)
- obsolete typography of w
Further reading edit
'Are'are edit
Noun edit
uu
References edit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Aiwoo edit
Adverb edit
uu
References edit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 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.
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
uu
- very
- I ha di uu gärn. ― I like you very much.
Synonyms edit
Chayuco Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *ùwì.
Numeral edit
uu
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149
Estonian edit
Noun edit
uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter U.
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
uu
- The name of the Latin-script letter U.
Declension edit
Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | uu | uut | ||
genitive | uun | uiden uitten | ||
partitive | uuta | uita | ||
illative | uuhun | uihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | uu | uut | ||
accusative | nom. | uu | uut | |
gen. | uun | |||
genitive | uun | uiden uitten | ||
partitive | uuta | uita | ||
inessive | uussa | uissa | ||
elative | uusta | uista | ||
illative | uuhun | uihin | ||
adessive | uulla | uilla | ||
ablative | uulta | uilta | ||
allative | uulle | uille | ||
essive | uuna | uina | ||
translative | uuksi | uiksi | ||
abessive | uutta | uitta | ||
instructive | — | uin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Finnic *uu, possibly from Proto-Uralic *uŋe.
Noun edit
Declension edit
Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | uu | uut | ||
genitive | uun | uiden uitten | ||
partitive | uuta | uita | ||
illative | uuhun | uihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | uu | uut | ||
accusative | nom. | uu | uut | |
gen. | uun | |||
genitive | uun | uiden uitten | ||
partitive | uuta | uita | ||
inessive | uussa | uissa | ||
elative | uusta | uista | ||
illative | uuhun | uihin | ||
adessive | uulla | uilla | ||
ablative | uulta | uilta | ||
allative | uulle | uille | ||
essive | uuna | uina | ||
translative | uuksi | uiksi | ||
abessive | uutta | uitta | ||
instructive | — | uin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
uu
- (interrogative) who (asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question)
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 21:12:
- “Kom nyam brekfas,” Jiizas se tu dem. Bot non a dem neehn bier fies inof fi aks im se, “A uu yu?” kaa dem did nuo se a did di Laad.
- Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
- (relative) who (introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent)
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 2:19-20:
- Afta Erad ded, luk ya no: wan a di Laad ienjel dem no jriim Juozif wen im de a Iijip. 20Di ienjel se, “Git op, tek di pikni an im mada an gwaan a Izrel, kaa uu did a chrai fi kil di pikni, dem ded.”
- But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
- 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 23:
- Evribadi uu wok av di rait tu gud and fier pie fi mek shuor se im an im fambili a liv a laif we mek im fiil gud bout imself an se im wot sopm ina laif, an kyan get eni ada saat a pie, if im niid it, bai eni ada sopuot we sosaiyati kyan aafa.
- Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Further reading edit
- uu at majstro.com
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
uu
Kapingamarangi edit
Noun edit
uu
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
uu
Used to express inpatience (the lenghtier the more impatient).
- uu aqbad u mur! (“oh just go!!”)
Derived terms edit
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
uu
- Alternative form of w
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, compare Malay hiu.
Noun edit
uu
Tuvaluan edit
Noun edit
uu
Võro edit
Noun edit
uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter U.
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
uu
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “uu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “cassava (u)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 28