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See also: U, ս, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

u	U+0075, u LATIN SMALL LETTER U

Character variations

ｕ	U+FF55, ｕ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER U

← ｔ
[U+FF54]

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

ｖ →
[U+FF56]

ᵘ	U+1D58, ᵘ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL U

← ᵗ
[U+1D57]

Phonetic Extensions

ᵙ →
[U+1D59]

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Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

(Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter U): Ú ú Ù ù Ŭ ŭ Û û Ǔ ǔ Ů ů Ü ü Ǘ ǘ Ǜ ǜ Ǚ ǚ Ǖ ǖ Ű ű Ũ ũ Ṹ ṹ Ų ų Ū ū Ṻ ṻ Ủ ủ Ȕ ȕ Ȗ ȗ Ư ư Ứ ứ Ừ ừ Ữ ữ Ử ử Ự ự Ụ ụ Ṳ ṳ Ṷ ṷ Ṵ ṵ Ʉ ʉ ᵾ ᶙ ᴜ Ｕｕ Ꜷ ꜷ Ȣ ȣ ᵫ
(other scripts) Cyrillic у, Greek υ (upsilon), Hebrew ו (vav)
u on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of IPA [uː]: (file)

Symbol

u

(metrology) Symbol for atomic mass unit
(IPA, phonetics) a close back rounded vowel.
(IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩) [u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u].
(international standards) transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent).
(physics) up quark

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Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

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Other representations of U:

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Etymology 1

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, ur), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

Letter name

IPA^(key): /ˈjuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Homophones: ewe, yew, you; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping)

Phoneme

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Canada): (file)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/
Audio (General American): (file)
(South US) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /ɜ/, /uː/, /ʊ/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U, plural us or u's)

The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

See also

(Latin script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

u (plural ues)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
A thing in the shape of the letter U

Alternative forms

you

Translations

name of the letter U, u

Arabic: أُو (ar) m (ʔū), يُو m (yū)
Asturian: u (ast)
Bengali: ইউ (iu)
Burmese: ယူ (my) (yu)
Catalan: u (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
Esperanto: u (eo)
Finnish: uu (fi)
Galician: u (gl) m
Greek: γιου n (giou)
Hawaiian: ʻū
Hindi: यू (hi) (yū)
Ido: u (io)
Irish: ú, úr
Japanese: ユー (ja) (yū)
Korean: 유 (ko) (yu)
Latin: ū (la)
Malay: yu (ms)
Marathi: यू (yū)
Occitan: u (oc) f
Polish: u (pl) n, u otwarte n (when contrasted with "ó")
Portuguese: u (pt) m
Russian: ю (ru) n (ju) (English), у (ru) n (u)
Spanish: u (es) f
Thai: ยู (th) (yuu)
Turkish: u (tr)
Vietnamese: u (vi)
Welsh: u f, u bedol f, u gwpan f

Derived terms

See also

(Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Etymology 2

Pronoun

u (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner ur, possessive pronoun urs, singular reflexive urself, plural reflexive urselves)

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of you.
t8k me w u
- 2018, Tommy Orange, “Jacquie Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 100:
  What r u doing? Jacquie texted Opal. She put her phone on the bed and went to her suitcase to get her swimsuit.

Derived terms

fuk u

Adjective

u

Abbreviation of underwater.

Derived terms

u-boat (1)

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

(stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨u⟩
(stenoscript) the long vowel /uː/ or /juː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ʊə˞] (-ure, -oor etc.) counts as /uːr/.)
Thus the words you, your; also derivative yours
(stenoscript) the prefix un-

Derived terms

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [u]

Noun

u

coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /y/

Etymology 1

From Dutch u.

Pronoun

u

(formal) you (singular, subject and object)

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More information subjective, objective ...

		subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st	ek	my		myne
	2nd	jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal	u			u s’n
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
	3rd, fem	sy	haar		hare
	3rd, neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st	ons			ons s’n
	2nd	julle / jul¹			julle s’n
	3rd	hulle / hul¹			hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

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Afrikaans personal pronouns

Etymology 2

From Dutch uw.

Determiner

u

(formal) your (singular)

See also

More information subjective, objective ...

		subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st	ek	my		myne
	2nd	jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal	u			u s’n
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
	3rd, fem	sy	haar		hare
	3rd, neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st	ons			ons s’n
	2nd	julle / jul¹			julle s’n
	3rd	hulle / hul¹			hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

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Afrikaans personal pronouns

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [u]

Verb

u

to swim

References

Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *wa (“and”). Cognate with Arabic وَ (wa) and Biblical Hebrew וְ־ (wə̆-).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /u/

Conjunction

u

and
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by CDLI, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Prologue, lines 3-5:
  𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 𒅇 𒅕𒍢𒁴
  [Enlil bēl šamê u erṣetim]
  ^den-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
  Enlil, lord of heaven and earth
moreover, likewise, also, too
𒅇 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴 [u šiqdam šūbilam] ― u₃ ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lam ― also, send me almonds
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 129:
  𒋳𒈠𒀸𒊭𒀜 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒀉𒋾𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾𒄿𒌅𒅆 𒀉𒋫𒊍𒁁 𒄿𒅗𒍪𒋗𒉡𒋾𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒈨𒂊 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑 𒋗𒉡𒋾 𒋳𒈠𒁁𒂖 𒀸𒊭𒁴 𒀸𒊭𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜 𒅇 𒊬𒊒𒌝 𒀵𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜
  [šumma aššat awīlim itti zikarim šanîm ina itūlim ittaṣbat, ikassûšunūtī-ma ana mê inaddûšunūti; šumma bēl aššatim aššassu uballaṭ, u šarrum warassu uballaṭ.]
  šum-ma aš-ša-at a-wi-lim it-ti zi-ka-ri-im ša-ni-im i-na i-tu-lim it-ta-aṣ-bat i-ka-su₂-šu-nu-ti-ma a-na me-e i-na-ad-du-u₂-šu-nu-ti šum-ma be-el aš-ša-tim aš-ša-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ u₃ šar-ru-um IR₃-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ
  If an awīlum's wife has been caught lying with another man, they will be bound and thrown into the water; if the wife's lord wishes to spare his wife, also the king may spare his servant.

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Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
𒅇 (u₃)

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References

Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
“šiqdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

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Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wa, from Proto-Indo-European *swom, from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Compare Latin sē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Pronoun

u

the reflexive pronoun
u mblodhën ― they gathered (literally, “they gathered themselves”)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

un, und

Pronunciation

(Bern) IPA^(key): /ʊ/

Conjunction

u

(Bern) and
- 2008, Ulrich Stuber, Der Bettleschloss-Tüfel:
  Si hei glachet u der Grossätti het gfunge: „So, jetz wärs Zyt für no chlei öppis z Znacht - u nächär göh mir de ungere.
  She laughed and the grandpa opined: „So, now is the time for a little bit of dinner - and afterwards we'll go downstairs.

Etymology 2

Adverb

u

Alternative spelling of uu

Further reading

“u”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

or

Etymology

Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille. Compare Romanian o.

Pronoun

u f (short/unstressed accusative form of ea)

(direct object) her

Related terms

ãl (masculine equivalent)
li (plural)

Etymology 1

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

or

Etymology 2

From Latin ubi.

Pronoun

u

where (relative pronoun)
Equí ye u alcontré la fueya.
Here is where I found the leaf.

Adverb

u

where
¿Du yes? ¿Au vas? ¿Nu tas?
Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you in?

Related terms

ú

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u lower case (upper case U)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Pronoun

u (tone ù)

they

See also

olu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/, [u]

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-second letter of the Basque alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

u (indeclinable)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

(Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈu]
Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Catalan alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

ú
ü

See also

(Latin-script letters) lletras; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 2

**Catalan numbers ^(edit)**
		10
	← 0	1	2 →	10 →
Cardinal: u, un Ordinal: primer Ordinal abbreviation: 1r
Catalan Wikipedia article on 1

Noun

u m (plural uns)

one

Derived terms

cada u

Particle

u

inside
within view (of the speaker)
entering a deep domain; entering a domain in an extensive manner
utyásuuna ša'ari cahta'a
The water is pouring into the (deep) pot.

Antonyms

a (“outside; out of view”)

References

Eugene Casad, Ronald Langacker (1985) “'Inside' and 'outside' in Cora grammar”, in International Journal of American Linguistics

Etymology

From the earlier lu. Compare Portuguese o and Aragonese o.

Article

u m (feminine a, masculine plural i, feminine plural e)

the

Usage notes

Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

Pronoun

u m

him, it (direct object)

Usage notes

Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

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More information Nominative, Dative ...

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella	li	a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle	li	e, l'	elle

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Corsican personal pronouns

References

“u, lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech u, from Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/
Audio: (file)

Preposition

u + genitive

at
by

Further reading

“u”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“u”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s.

Noun

u

head

References

Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Etymology

Originally the dative and accusative form of jij/gij, from Middle Dutch u, from Old Dutch iu, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, West Germanic variant of *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Doublet of jou.

The use as a nominative form is linked to the polite address uwe edelheid (“your nobility, your gentility”), which was shortened to U E. in writing and at times accordingly pronounced /yˈ(w)eː/. It is debated, however, whether this was the actual cause of the development or whether it merely reinforced it. Compare English you, which was originally an object form, as well as Afrikaans ons and nonstandard Dutch hun.

Cognate with West Frisian jo, Low German jo, ju, English you, German euch.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /y/

Pronoun

u

(personal, formal second-person singular, subjective) you (polite)
Bent u klaar? ― Are you ready?

Bent u er nog? ― Are you still there?
(personal, formal second-person singular, objective) you (polite)
Ik zal het aan u geven. ― I will give it to you.

Dit zal niet werken voor u. ― This won’t work for you.
(personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal)
Ik doe dat wel voor u. ― I’ll do it for thee.
(personal, formal second-person plural, subjective) you (polite)
Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? ― Have you prepared that exercise?
(personal, formal second-person plural, objective) you (polite)
Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. ― They’ll do it for you.
(reflexive pronoun, formal second-person singular) yourself (polite)
U meldt u/zich aan. ― You log in.

Meld u aan! ― Log in!
(reflexive pronoun, formal second-person plural) yourselves (polite)
U meldt u/zich aan. ― You log in.

Meld u aan! ― Log in!
(reflexive pronoun, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)
Gij hebt u niet gewassen. ― Thou hast not washed thyself.
(reflexive pronoun, second-person plural) yourselves (dialectal)
Wast u eens. ― Wash yourselves.

Usage notes

The capitalization of u (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized when addressing God.
In verbs whose second and third persons singular are distinct, u may be construed with either of them. In formal context, the second person form is generally preferred except for the verb hebben (“to have”). Thus predominantly u bent, kunt, wilt, zult, whereas u heeft is more common than (or at least equally common as) u hebt.
In the formal second person singular and plural reflexive senses, u alternates with zich, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular and different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun.^[1]
See also the usage notes at gij.

Declension

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	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive⁵
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k¹	mij	me	mijn	m'n¹	mijne	me	mijner, mijns
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u, zich⁷	uwer, uws
3rd person masculine	hij	ie¹	hem	'm¹	zijn	z'n¹	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r¹, 'r¹, d'r¹	haar	h'r¹, 'r¹, d'r¹	hare	zich	harer, haars
3rd person neuter	het	't¹	het	't¹	zijn	z'n¹	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze²	–	onze	ons	onzer, onzes
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal⁶	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u, zich⁷	uwer, uws
3rd person	zij	ze	hen³, hun⁴	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner, huns
¹⁾ Not as common in written language. ²⁾ Inflected as an adjective. ³⁾ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). ⁴⁾ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). ⁵⁾ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. ⁶⁾ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").				⁷⁾ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.'

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Dutch personal pronouns

Alternative forms

a (Brabant)

Synonyms

jou
U

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Previous letter: t
Next letter: v

References

[1]
https://e-ans.ivdnt.org/topics/pid/ans05030301lingtopic

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /u/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/
Audio: (file)

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Noun

u (accusative singular u-on, plural u-oj, accusative plural u-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

(Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).

Article

u m sg (plural us, feminine a, feminine plural as)

(Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Masculine singular definite article; the

Pronoun

u

(Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Third person singular masculine accusative pronoun; him

See also

More information nominative, dative ...

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular		ei	me, -mi		mi
	plural	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos, -nus^M		nos
		masculine	noshotrus^M			noshotrus^M
		feminine	noshotras^M			noshotras^M
second person	singular		tú	te, -ti		ti
	plural	common	vos	vus^LV vos, -vus^M		vos
		masculine	voshotrus^M			voshotrus^M
		feminine	voshotras^M			voshotras^M
third person	singular	masculine	el	le, -li	u^LV, o^M	el
	singular	feminine	ela		a	ela
	plural	masculine	elis		us^LV, os^M	elis
	plural	feminine	elas		as	elas
	reflexive		—	se, -si		sí

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Fala personal pronouns

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-third letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and u for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Audio; “uu, uusi, luukku, uu”: (file)

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Finnish alphabet, called uu and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /y/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -y

Noun

u m (plural u)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

(Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

Etymology 1

From Latin ū.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/

Noun

u m (plural us)

the name of the letter U.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese u, from ubi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/

Adverb

u

(archaic) where, whereby(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
Synonym: onde
where (interrogative adverb)
Synonym: onde

U-los libros? Ulos? ― Where are the books? Where are they?

References

“u”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
“u” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “u”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “u”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Romanization

u

Romanization of 𐌿

Etymology

From Portuguese tu.

Pronoun

u

you (second person singular).

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈu]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈu]

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The thirty-fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony), singular ...

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	u	u-k
accusative	u-t	u-kat
dative	u-nak	u-knak
instrumental	u-val	u-kkal
causal-final	u-ért	u-kért
translative	u-vá	u-kká
terminative	u-ig	u-kig
essive-formal	u-ként	u-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	u-ban	u-kban
superessive	u-n	u-kon
adessive	u-nál	u-knál
illative	u-ba	u-kba
sublative	u-ra	u-kra
allative	u-hoz	u-khoz
elative	u-ból	u-kból
delative	u-ról	u-król
ablative	u-tól	u-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	u-é	u-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	u-éi	u-kéi

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Possessive forms of u
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	u-m	u-im
2nd person sing.	u-d	u-id
3rd person sing.	u-ja	u-i
1st person plural	u-nk	u-ink
2nd person plural	u-tok	u-itok
3rd person plural	u-juk	u-ik

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See also

(Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

Further reading

(sound and letter): u in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
([onomatopoeia] imitation of barking): u in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The eighteenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v

(diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇

(dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Etymology

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/^*
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: ù

Letter

u f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case U)

The nineteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

Noun

u f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

(Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Further reading

u in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Romanization

u

The hiragana syllable う (u) or the katakana syllable ウ (u) in Hepburn romanization.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog u. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English u.

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ju/ [ju]
- Syllabification: u
(phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/ [u]
Rhymes: -u

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-third letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called yu and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

References

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and u for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔuː/

Article

u m (feminine ka, masculine and feminine plural ki)

the (masculine singular definite article)

Pronoun

u m (feminine ka, masculine and feminine plural ki)

he, it

References

Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 242. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pronoun

u

his, her, its

References

Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

May occur long (u꞉) or nasal (un̶) or both (un̶꞉), but only after the velar consonants g̶, g, k, kʼ.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (“egg, bird”). Cognates include Burmese ဥ (u., “egg”) and Chinese 嫗 / 妪 (yǔ, “to incubate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔu/

Noun

u

egg

Verb

u

to lay an egg

References

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː/, [uː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u/, [uː]

Noun

ū f (indeclinable)

The name of the letter V.

Coordinate terms

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

u in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
u in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

u

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 1

IPA^(key): [u]

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Letter

U

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [u]

Noun

u m (invariable)

The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

See also

Latvian letter names:
a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʊ/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u trumpoji 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): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The thirty-fifth 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
The name of the Latin-script letter u/U.

See also

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/ (short phoneme)
IPA^(key): /uː/ (long phoneme)
IPA^(key): /ɔw/, /aw/ (after għ; variation is regional and idiolectal)
In inherited words, short u occurs almost exclusively in unstressed syllables. In borrowings, it is a full phoneme and commonly stressed.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَ (wa), from Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־ (wə-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/ (between consonants)
IPA^(key): /w/ (before or after a vowel)
Homophone: hu

Conjunction

u

and; used to connect words, phrases, etc.
il-kelb u l-qattus ― the dog and the cat

tpejjep u tixrob ― she smokes and drinks
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
  Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
when, as; used after a personal pronoun and followed by an active participle or imperfect verb
huma u reqdin ― when they were sleeping (literally, “they and sleeping”)

aħna u nitkellmu ― when we were talking (literally, “we and we talk”)

Alternative forms

w (superseded representation of the consonantal pronunciation)

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [wu]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /wiw/
Bender phonemes: {wiw}

Noun

u (construct form uin)

(alienable) a fish trap

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Pronoun

u (informal to)

Alternative spelling of ou

See also

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			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

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Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

Alternative forms

ʼų́ (obsolete)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ú

salt

Adjective

ú

sweet

Derived terms

udehe
uhme
ukjä
uthe
utfi
utꞌfi
uza

References

Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 36, 76
Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎ (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 360

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch iuwa, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.

Determiner

u

your (plural)
your (singular, informal)

Usage notes

See the usage notes for gi.

Descendants

Dutch: uw
Limburgish: eur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

u

accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

Dutch: u

Further reading

“uwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “u (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Noun

u

Alternative form of ew

Etymology

From Latin u, v.

Letter

u

u (letter)
v (letter)

Usage notes

u and v were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

Pronoun

ū

(personal pronoun, dative, Central German) Alternative form of iu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uː/

Pronoun

û

(personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of jû.
(possessive) Alternative form of jû.

Declension

Possessive pronoun:

More information nominative, accusative ...

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	û	ûwen	ûwem(e) (ûwen^note)	ûwes
Neuter		û	ûwem(e) (ûwen^note)	ûwes
Feminine		ûwe	ûwer(e)
Plural	ûwe		ûwen	ûwer(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	ûwe	ûwen	ûwen
Neuter		ûwe
Feminine		ûwen
Plural	ûwen	ûwen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

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Declension of u

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:

Yi

Alternative forms

ieil (Guernsey)
yi (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

u m (plural uûs or uur)

(France, anatomy) eye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʊ] (short vowel)
IPA^(key): [uː] (long vowel, spelt uu)

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

In Sylt Frisian, the diphthong ⟨ua⟩ has been lowered to [ɔɐ̯], thus merging with ⟨or⟩.

See also

(North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʉː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ʉ/, /ʊ/
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Letter

u

The twenty-first letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ũ/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Noun

u f (plural us)

u (the letter u, U)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈu/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈu/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

u

denotes approximate location; by, at; with [with genitive]

Descendants

Czech: u

Etymology 2

Preposition

u

Alternative form of v (often before labial consonants)

References

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “u”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Etymology 1

From Latin ubi.

Adverb

u

Alternative form of ou (“where”)
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎:
  Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
  Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.
  As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
  to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.

Descendants

Middle French: ou
- French: où

Etymology 2

From Latin u, v.

Letter

u

u (letter)
v (letter)

Usage notes

u and v were represented by a single character in Old French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

Etymology

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/

Adverb

u

where
- 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)
  Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.
  Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.
- 1264, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:
  pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros
  by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross

Descendants

Galician: u
Portuguese: u (obsolete)

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “u”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /u/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /u/

Preposition

u [with genitive]

denotes approximate location; by, at
denotes subject of action; at
denotes movement away; away, out of
denotes topographic region; in; at, on
denotes property; in the homestead of
denotes position in a group; among, between
denotes possession; in the possession of
with być; creates a possessive phrase meaning "to have"
denotes witness or subject of some action; in front of, on behalf of
denotes opinion; in one's eyes, in one's opinion, according to
denotes person from whom someone receives; from
denotes person being asked or requested; from, of
denotes object to which something belongs; 's
denotes perpetrator or performer of an action to create a passive voice; by
denotes time; during, at the time of

Related terms

prefix

u-

Descendants

Polish: u
Silesian: u

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “u”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “u”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈu/

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Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: u
Homophones: ó, u-, -u, -u-

Etymology 1

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and u for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

u (upper case U, lower case)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Noun

u n (indeclinable)

u, close back rounded vowel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish u.

Preposition

u [with genitive]

denotes a part belonging to a larger whole; of
palce u nogi ― toes (literally, “fingers of the foot”)
denotes near position; by, at
Synonyms: blisko, koło, niedaleko, opodal, podle, w pobliżu

u drzwi ― at the door

u bram ― at the gates
denotes position with something else; at, by; with; chez
u Kasi ― at Kasia's

u rodziców ― at one's parents

u lekarza ― at the doctor's

u dentysty ― at the dentist's
denotes tutor or doer of an action; at, with; from
denotes someone or something for which something else is named
Near-synonyms: pośród, wpośród, wśród
denotes someone or something about which something may apply; among; in
u mężczyzn ― in men

u dzikich zwierząt ― in wild animals
denotes subject of an action; at

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), u is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 103 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 53 times in essays, 75 times in fiction, and 141 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 399 times, making it the 122nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

References

[1]
Ida Kurcz (1990) “u”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 619

Further reading

u in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
u in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. u”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. u”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“U”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.03.2022
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “u”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “u”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “u”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 195
u in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu/

Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

u m (plural us)

u (name of the letter U, u)

See also

(Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese u, from Latin ubi. Cognate with Galician u, French où, Italian ove and Romanian iuo.

Adverb

u

(obsolete) where
Synonym: onde
- 1534, Gil Vicente, Auto de Mofina Mendes:
  […] nam ſey per u
  […] (I) don't know where

Etymology 3

Article

u m

Eye dialect spelling of o.

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *aw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

Pronoun

u

you (second-person plural subjective)

Synonyms

úe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

(International Standard) The twenty-eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
(Pan-Vlax) The twenty-ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

or

Noun

u

water

References

Rumu-English-Motu dictionary; Rumu (misc)
Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)
Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Pronoun

u

Third person singular pronoun; he, she, it.

Declension

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Declension of u
	singular	plural
nominative	u	ular
genitive	aniği	ularniği
dative	aña	ulara
definite accusative	ani	ularni
locative	anda	ularda
ablative	andan	ulardan
instrumental	ala	ularla

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Salar personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	men	piser
2nd person	sen	seler
3rd person	u	ular

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References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “vu”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “u”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 53
Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “u”, in 米娜瓦尔艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “u”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 41

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The eighteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by t. Its traditional name is ur (“heather”).

See also

(Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)

(diacritics) ◌̀

(obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

(uppercase) U

Letter

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

The 27th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by t and followed by v.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Preposition

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

(+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
biti u školi ― to be in school

u c(ij)elom društvu ― in the whole society
(+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
ići u školu ― to go to school

putovati u Ameriku ― to travel to America
(+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
u podne ― at noon

u sr(ij)edu ― on Wednesday

u zoru ― at dawn

U koliko sati? ― At what time?
(+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)
u jednom danu ― in one day

u mladosti ― during one's youth

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

(+ genitive case) chez

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/ (stressed)
IPA^(key): /ʊ/ (unstressed)

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Sicilian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From the lenition of lu, from the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.

Alternative forms

lu (liquid form)

Article

u m sg (f a, plural i)

(masculine singular definite article) the
Synonym: lu

Usage notes

As for other Romance languages, such as Neapolitan or Portuguese, Sicilian definite articles have undergone a consonant lenition that has led to the phonetic fall of the initial l. The use of this illiquid variant has not yet made the use of liquid variants disappear, but today it is still the prevalent use in speech and writing.
In the case of the production of literary texts, such as singing or poetry, or of formal and institutional texts, resorting to "liquid articles" and "liquid articulated prepositions" confers greater euphony to the text, although it may sound a form of courtly recovery.
Illiquid definite articles can be phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancinu (liquid) and ârancinu (illiquid).

Inflection

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Sicilian articles
	Masculine singular definite article	Feminine singular definite article	Masculine and feminine plural definite article
Definite articles (liquid)	lu	la	li
Definite articles (illiquid)	u	a	i
Definite articles	nu (also: un,'n)	na

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Etymology 3

See etymology 2.

Alternative forms

lu (liquid form)

Pronoun

u m sg (plural i, female a)

(accusative) him
Synonym: lu

U canusci? ― Do you know him?
(accusative) it, this or that thing
Synonym: lu

Quannu tû desi. ― When I gave it to you.

Usage notes

This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.

Inflection

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Sicilian pronominal particles
	Masculine singular pronominal particles	Feminine singular pronominal particles	Masculine and feminine plural pronominal particles
mi	mû	mâ	mî
ti	tû	tâ	tî
ci	ci u	ci a	cî
ni	nû	nâ	nî
vi	vû	vâ	vî
ci	ci u	ci a	cî

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu/
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: u

Etymology 1

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and u for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish u.

Preposition

u [with genitive]

denotes approximate location; by, at; with
denotes a part belonging to a larger whole; of
Synonym: przi

Further reading

u in silling.org

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /w/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The thirty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [u]

Preposition

u

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Further reading

“u”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Preposition

u

to
for

Usage notes

In Somali, prepositions fall before the verb and not before the noun they modify:
u sheeg -- to tell (lit. to call to)

u keen -- to bring to

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/ [u]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: u

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-second letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

u f (plural úes)

Name of the letter U

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/, [u], [w]

Conjunction

u

or
diez u once
ten or eleven

Usage notes

Used instead of o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.

Alternative forms

ú (obsolete)

Further reading

“u”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Romanization

u

Romanization of 𒌋

Verb

u

(uncommon, archaic) you are; thou art
u hali gani? ― how are you doing?

Pepo waliwatoka watu wengi, wakapiga kelele wakisema: "Wewe u Mwana wa Mungu!" ― Demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!"

Usage notes

This term is archaic except in the common greeting u hali gani. Along with m and ni it is not conjugated.

See also

m

Pronunciation

Letter name

IPA^(key): /ʉː/

Phoneme

IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ɵ/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish u. Each pronunciation has a different source:

Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English u.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the Baybayin character ᜂ (u).
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish u.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈju/ [ˈju] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- IPA^(key): /ˈʔu/ [ˈʔu] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
- IPA^(key): /ˈu/ [ˈu] (phoneme, stressed)
- IPA^(key): /ˈu/ [ˈu] (phoneme, unstressed)
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: u

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U, Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓ)

The twenty-third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called yu and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U, Baybayin spelling ᜂ)

The eighteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called u and written in the Latin script.
(historical) The twenty-fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called u and written in the Latin script.

Noun

u (Baybayin spelling ᜂ)

the name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Abakada alphabet
(historical) the name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Abecedario

See also

(Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
uo

Further reading

“u”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊ/

Letter

u (upper case U)

A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․

US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Pronoun

u

Second-person singular pronoun: you (singular)

Declension

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	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave¹
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da¹
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava¹
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia¹
¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Tolai personal pronouns

Noun

u

(eastern dialect) a mature coconut

Usage notes

U is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by pes and followed by drai koknat.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Noun

u

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

(Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /uː/

Letter

u (upper case U)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔu/

Noun

u

moon
month

Synonyms

(moon): jch'ul me'tik

References

“ˀu(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Letter

u

Latin (ULY) transcription of ئۇ (u)

Pronoun

u

Latin (ULY) transcription of ئۇ (u)

More information Other scripts, Yangi Imlo ...

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo	ئۇ
Cyrillic	у‍
Latin	u‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)	او

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Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai او (ʾū /⁠ʾu⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate with Uyghur ئۇ / u / у; Azerbaijani / о / o, Turkish o; etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔʊ/, [ʔʊ]
Hyphenation: u

Determiner

u

(distal demonstrative) that, those
Antonyms: bu, shu

u eshik ― that door

Pronoun

u (plural ular)

(distal demonstrative) that
Antonym: bu

U eshik. ― That is a door.
(personal) he, she, it

Declension

More information Nominative, Accusative ...

		Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative
singular	1st person	men	meni	mening	menga	menda	mendan
	2nd person	sen	seni	sening	senga	senda	sendan
	3rd person	u	uni	uning	unga	unda	undan
plural	1st person	biz	bizni	bizning	bizga	bizda	bizdan
	2nd person	siz	sizni	sizning	sizga	sizda	sizdan
	3rd person	ular	ularni	ularning	ularga	ularda	ulardan

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Uzbek personal pronouns

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔu˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔʊw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔʊw˧˧]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

u • (𡠄)

(Northern Vietnam) mother; mom

Synonyms

mẹ, mợ, mạ, má

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *ʔuː (“hump (of a zebu)”).

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

khối u

Noun

(classifier khối, cục) u • (幽, 𢉾)

a nodule; protuberance; swelling
(oncology, pathology) a tumor; neoplasm

Derived terms

u mỡ
u xơ tử cung
u nang buồng trứng

See also

ung thư

Verb

u

to get bumpy; to swell

Etymology 3

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

U (trò chơi)

Noun

u

(children's games) a game consists of two teams, where the offensive player has to chant ⟨u⟩ during offense

Etymology 4

From Portuguese u.

Noun

u

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Conjunction

u

or

Alternative forms

(in front of vowels) ud

Alternative forms

(with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ù
(with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ú
(with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity): û
(with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ü

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɨː/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌiː ˈbeːdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈbɛdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈɡʊpan/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by th and followed by w.

Mutation

u cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word uchelwydd (“mistletoe”):

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Mutated forms of *uchelwydd*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
uchelwydd	unchanged	unchanged	huchelwydd

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

(Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
(Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Derived terms

Digraph sequences: uw

Noun

u f (plural uau)

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of u
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
u	unchanged	unchanged	hu

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

The digraph ⟨uu⟩ transcribes the long vowel /uː/
The digraph ⟨꞉u⟩ transcribes the nasal vowel /ũ/
The trigraph ⟨꞉uu⟩ transcribes the long nasal vowel /ũː/

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ú/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ú and written in the Latin script.

Noun

ú

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

(Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

(Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
(Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ū/
(high-tone): IPA^(key): /ú/

Pronoun

u

him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /u/)

Pronoun

ú

him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /u/)

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More information singular, plural or honorific ...

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

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Affirmative subject pronouns

More information singular, plural or honorific ...

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

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Negative subject pronouns

More information singular, plural or honorific ...

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

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Object pronouns

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

More information singular, plural or honorific ...

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

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Emphatic pronouns

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u˧/

Noun

u

sibling

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 41, 60

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

The twenty-first letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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