iu

Symbol

iu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Inuktitut.

Pronoun

iu

1. I

References

• 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.

Etymology

Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

iu

1. where

   D-iu esht?

   Where are you from?

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiu]

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• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: i‧u

Determiner

iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)

1. some
2. a : when necessary to express indefiniteness
   • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:

     Tio ne estas mia libro, sed ĝi estas iu libro.

     That is not my book, but it is a book.

   • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:

     kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono

     like a wise Solomon

Pronoun

iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)

1. someone, somebody
   • 1973 December 29, J. C. Kilburn, “Esperantistoj! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 10:

     Iu, kiu dezirus korespondi kun eksterlandaj gesamseksemuloj, bonvole skribu al […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

More information Interrogative, Demonstrative ...

		Interrogative	Demonstrative	Indefinite	Universal	Negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
Kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
Reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
Time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
Place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
Motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
Manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
Possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
Demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
Amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
Demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

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Romanization

iu

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

iu

1. shark

Etymology

From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

Verb

iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)

1. to drink

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [i̯u]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jiw/
• Bender phonemes: {yiw}

Noun

iu

1. coconut

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.uː/

Adverb

iū

1. Alternative form of ġeō

Pronoun

iu

1. dative plural of ir

Alternative forms

• eu, iuu, giu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.

Pronoun

iu

1. accusative/dative of gi

Alternative forms

• yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu/

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of eu (“I”)

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]

Verb

iu

1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.