ū

Symbol

ū

1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel u
2. (international standards) transliterates Indic ऊ (or equivalent).

Symbol

ū

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the USE vowel; also an orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "tune".
2. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel

   Synonyms: ü, o͞o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu (compare Maori ū, Tongan huhu) from Proto-Oceanic *susu (compare with Fijian sucu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu (compare with Malay susu), from Proto-Austronesian *susu (compare with Tagalog suso).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *su. Compare Tongan hū.

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “huhu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ū”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Romanization

ū

1. Rōmaji transcription of うう
2. Rōmaji transcription of うー
3. Rōmaji transcription of ウー

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uː]

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Letter

ū (lower case, upper case Ū)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

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

See also

• (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, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, 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