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

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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/
• (Belgium)
• Hyphenation: ui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)

1. onion
2. (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

Synonyms

• ajuin

Derived terms

• bosui
• lente-ui
• zo gek als een ui

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ui

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ui

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of uida., to swim
2. Third-person singular indicative past form of uida., (s)he swam

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ui

1. Indicative present connegative form of uida.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of uida.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of uida.

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Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.ʷi/

Noun

ui (plural uit)

1. husband

Declension

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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

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Japanese

Romanization

ui

1. Rōmaji transcription of うい

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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

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Min Nan

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Portuguese

Interjection

ui!

1. used to comment on a close call

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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'

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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^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

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Sinacantán

Noun

ui

1. water

References

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

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Tarao

Noun

ui

1. Alternative spelling of uy (dog).

References

• 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3 →ISBN

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.wi/

Noun

ui

1. snake, serpent

   Punupa ui outsa!

   Look out for the snake!

References

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

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Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Khumi Chin ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ui̯˧/

Noun

ui

1. dog (Canis familiaris)

References

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