yu
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
yu (countable and uncountable, plural yu)
- (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
- 1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
- A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
- 1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
- (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
- 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:
- The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]
- 1826, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies:
- Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […]
Etymology 2Edit
See you.
PronounEdit
yu
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
yu (plural yus)
TranslationsEdit
AmaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yu
BargamEdit
NounEdit
yu
- Alternative form of yuw
ReferencesEdit
- Loanwords in Takia, in Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook (edited by Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor), page 761
Belizean CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- you; second-person singular subjective personal pronoun
DeterminerEdit
yu
ReferencesEdit
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 379.
BislamaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English you. Cognate with Tok Pisin yu.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
yu
See alsoEdit
Bislama personal pronouns
singular | dual | trial | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | exclusive | mi | mitufala | mitrifala | mifala |
inclusive | — | yumitu, yumitufala | yumitrifala | yumi | |
2nd person | yu | yutufala | yutrifala | yufala | |
3rd person | neutral | hem, em | tufala | trifala | ol1), olgeta |
collective | — | tugeta | trigeta | — | |
1) Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb. *) Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns. **) The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own. |
ReferencesEdit
- Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46
Cameroon PidginEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- Alternative spelling of you (“2nd person singular subject and object personal pronoun”)
DunaEdit
NounEdit
yu
ReferencesEdit
- Transnewguinea.org, citing Shaw (1973) (see Pacific Linguistics, edited by Karl James Franklin, 1973)
Jamaican CreoleEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- Alternative spelling of yuh
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
yu
JaraiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vietnamese dù.
NounEdit
yu (classifier pŏk)
KamulaEdit
NounEdit
yu
ReferencesEdit
- transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
- Possible Cognates Between Kamula and Pa, chart 10, page 16, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, issues 17-20 (1990)
LashiEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
yu
- to take
ReferencesEdit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
MalalamaiEdit
NounEdit
yu
Further readingEdit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
MalayEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu (compare Fijian qio), from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yu (Jawi spelling يو, plural yu-yu, informal 1st possessive yuku, 2nd possessive yumu, 3rd possessive yunya)
- a shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
- Yu ialah seekor haiwan akuatik yang sangat kuat gigitannya.
- The shark is an aquatic animal whose bites are very strong.
- Yu ialah seekor haiwan akuatik yang sangat kuat gigitannya.
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “yu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
yu
- Nonstandard spelling of yū.
- Nonstandard spelling of yú.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of yù.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
MapudungunEdit
NounEdit
yu (Raguileo spelling)
ReferencesEdit
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow
MiskitoEdit
NounEdit
yu
Nigerian PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
yu
OkinawanEdit
RomanizationEdit
yu
PapiamentuEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- yiu (alternative spelling)
EtymologyEdit
Comes from Old Papiamentu "joego", from Spanish hijo. Compare and Kabuverdianu fidju "child" (ac Jacobs).
NounEdit
yu
- child (of parents)
PijinEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- Alternative form of iu
Sranan TongoEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
yu
PronounEdit
yu
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
PrefixEdit
yu (plural wa-)
- The locative prefix for noun class 1.
Tataltepec ChatinoEdit
PronounEdit
yu
Tok PisinEdit
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EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
yu (personal)
- you (singular)
See alsoEdit
Torres Strait CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
yu (personal)
- you (singular)
See alsoEdit
UnamiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
yu
- this (inanimate)
See alsoEdit
Unami demonstrative pronouns
Animate | Inanimate | Obviative | |
---|---|---|---|
Proximal Singular (near the speaker) | wa, wàn, wàni | yu, yun, yuni | yul, yuli |
Distal Singular (far from the speaker) | na, nàn, nàni | në, nën, nëni | |
Proximal plural (near the speaker) | yuki, yuk | yuli, yul | nèl |
Distal plural (far from the speaker) | nèki, nèk | nèl | |
Absentative (inaccessible to speaker, deceased) distal singular | naka | ||
Absentative (inaccessible to speaker, deceased) distal plural | nèl | ||
Absentative (inaccessible to speaker, deceased) proximal singular | waka |
WaskiaEdit
NounEdit
yu
ReferencesEdit
- Waskia dictionary (SIL)
YorubaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
yú
Derived termsEdit
- yúbẹ̀ (“to go there”)
Zacatepec ChatinoEdit
PronounEdit
yu
SynonymsEdit
ZarmaEdit
NounEdit
yu
ReferencesEdit
- David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)