ui

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œj/, [ʊ̟i̯]

Noun

ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)

1. onion

   Synonym: uintjie

Dutch

Etymology

From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œy̯/
• Hyphenation: ui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)

1. onion, Allium cepa

   Synonym: ajuin

2. (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ui

Further reading

• ui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology 1

Interjection

ui

1. Alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Hyphenation^(key): ui

Verb

ui

1. third-person singular present/past indicative of uida

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Hyphenation^(key): ui

Verb

ui

1. inflection of uida:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊɪ̯/

Interjection

ui

1. An exclamation of surprise, joy, excitement, or admiration.
2. An exclamation of worry or lament.
3. An exclamation of pondering.

   Synonym: hmm

Further reading

• “ui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “ui” in Duden online

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ui/, [u.ʷɪ]

Noun

ui (plural uit)

1. husband

Declension

Hokkien

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuji]
• Hyphenation: ui
• Rhymes: -ji

Interjection

ui

1. oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)

Derived terms

• uizik

See also

• röf

Japanese

Romanization

ui

1. Rōmaji transcription of うい

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔui̯˥/

Noun

ui

1. dog

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 47

Kiowa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uj/

Letter

ui (upper case Ui)

1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

Like u, Kiowa ui occurs 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, ꞉

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun

ui

1. dog

References

• Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈui̯]
• Hyphenation: ui

Root

ui

1. eye

Derived terms

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

ui!

1. used to comment on a close call

Descendants

• Macanese: ui-di

Pumé

Alternative forms

• vi

Noun

ui

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 234
• Anuario (1964), volume 1, page 340: en yaruro ui 'agua'

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Maori uki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.i/
• Hyphenation: u‧i

Noun

ui

1. generation

References

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Romanian

Verb

a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conjugation

1. Obsolete form of vui.

Conjugation

References

• ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sinacantán

Noun

ui

1. water

References

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Tarao

Noun

ui

1. Alternative spelling of uy (dog).

References

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun

ui

1. dog

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.wi/

Noun

ui

1. snake, serpent

References

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ùj/
• Hyphenation: ui

Noun

ui

1. dog

References

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