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Translingual

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)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
  • (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
  • (Variations of letter U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Uu  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ
  • (other scripts) Cyrillic у (u), Greek υ (y, upsilon), Hebrew ו (w, vav)
  • u on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Symbol

u

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

Gallery

See also

Other representations of U:

English

Etymology 1

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 (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 (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)
Phoneme
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/
  • (South US) IPA(key): /ʌ/, /ɜ/, /uː/, /ʊ/

Letter

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

  1. 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; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Noun

u (plural ues)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
  2. A thing in the shape of the letter U
Alternative forms
  • you

Derived terms

  • u-turn
  • u-bolt

Translations

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)

  1. (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) you (in text messaging and internet conversations)
    Take me with u.

Adjective

u

  1. Abbreviation of underwater.
Derived terms
  • u-boat (1)

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

  1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨u⟩
  2. (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
  3. (stenoscript) the prefix un-

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [u]

Noun

u

  1. coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

References

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y/

Etymology 1

From Dutch u.

Pronoun

u

  1. (formal) you (singular, subject and object)

See also

Etymology 2

From Dutch uw.

Determiner

u

  1. (formal) your (singular)

See also

Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [u]

Verb

u

  1. to swim

References

  • Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, 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.

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /u/

Conjunction

u

  1. and
  2. moreover, likewise, also, too
    𒅇 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴 [u šiqdam šūbilam]u₃ ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lamalso, send me almonds

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

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Pronoun

u

  1. the reflexive pronoun

Alemannic German

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • un, und

Pronunciation

  • (Bern) IPA(key): /ʊ/

Conjunction

u

  1. (Bern) and

Etymology 2

Adverb

u

  1. Alternative spelling of uu

Further reading

  • “u”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2023

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Aromanian

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)

  1. (direct object) her

Related terms

  • ãl (masculine equivalent)
  • li (plural)

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Etymology 2

From Latin ubi.

Pronoun

u

  1. where (relative pronoun)

Adverb

u

  1. where

Related terms

  • ú

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u lower case (upper case U)

  1. 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

Bambara

Pronoun

u (tone ù)

  1. they

See also

  • olu

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/, [u]

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈu/
  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

Noun

u f (plural us)

  1. the Latin letter U (lowercase u)

Etymology 2

Noun

u m (plural uns)

  1. one
Derived terms

Corsican

Etymology

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

Article

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

  1. the

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

Pronoun

u m

  1. him, it (direct object)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

See also

References

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Preposition

u + genitive

  1. at
  2. by

Further reading

  • u in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • u in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Drung

Etymology

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

Noun

u

  1. head

References

  • Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung[3], Santa Barbara: University of California

Dutch

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

  • IPA(key): /y/

Pronoun

u

  1. (personal, second-person singular, subjective) you (polite).
  2. (personal, second-person singular, objective) you (polite).
  3. (personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal).
  4. (personal, second-person plural, subjective) you (polite).
  5. (personal, second-person plural, objective) you (polite).
  6. (reflexive, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)
  7. (reflexive, second-person plural) yourselves (dialectal)

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 commoner than (or at least equally common as) u hebt.
  • See also the usage notes at gij.

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • (Brabantian) a

Synonyms

  • jou
  • U

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: t
  • Next letter: v

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /u/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Noun

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

  1. 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)

Fala

Etymology

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

Article

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

  1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Masculine singular definite article; the

Pronoun

u

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

See also

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uː/

Letter

u (upper case U)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and u for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. 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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y/
  • Rhymes: -y

Noun

u m (plural u)

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

Fula

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. 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

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin ū.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu/

Noun

u m (plural us)

  1. the name of the letter U.

Etymology 2

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu/

Adverb

u

  1. (archaic) where, whereby
    Synonym: onde
  2. where (interrogative adverb)
    Synonym: onde

References

  • “u” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “u” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “u” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

u

  1. Romanization of 𐌿

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese tu.

Pronoun

u

  1. you (second person singular).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Declension

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

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

u (upper case U)

  1. 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

Italian

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)

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

Noun

u f (invariable)

  1. 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)

Japanese

Romanization

u

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

K'iche'

Pronoun

u

  1. his, her, its

References

  • Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Kashubian

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)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, 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

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (egg, bird). Cognates include Burmese (u., egg) and Chinese (, to incubate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu/

Noun

u

  1. egg

Verb

u

  1. to lay an egg

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ū f (indeclinable)

  1. 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
  • 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

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]

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. 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)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.
See also
  • Latvian letter names:
    a (A), garais ā (Ā), (B), (C), čē (Č), (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), (G), ģē (Ģ), (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), (J), (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), (Ļ), em (M), en (N), (Ņ), o (O), (P), er (R), es (S), (Š), (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), (V), (Z), žē (Ž)

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʊ/

Letter

u (upper case U)

  1. 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

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

  1. 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,  , 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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u (upper case U)

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

See also

  • See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
  • See Template:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

Malay

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Maltese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/ (short phoneme)
  • IPA(key): /uː/ (long phoneme)
  • IPA(key): /ɔw/, /aw/ (after ; 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)

  1. 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,  , 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, 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

  1. and; used to connect words, phrases, etc.
  2. when, as; used after a personal pronoun and followed by an active participle or imperfect verb
Alternative forms
  • w (superseded representation of the consonantal pronunciation)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [wu]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /wiw/
  • Bender phonemes:

Noun

u (construct form uin)

  1. (alienable) a fish trap

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Pronoun

u (informal to)

  1. Alternative spelling of ou

See also

Mezquital Otomi

Alternative forms

  • ʼų́ (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Noun

ú

  1. salt

Adjective

ú

  1. sweet

Derived terms

References

  • Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo[6] (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)‎[7] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 360

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Determiner

u

  1. your (plural)
  2. 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

  1. 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

Middle English

Noun

u

  1. Alternative form of ew

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin u, v.

Letter

u

  1. u (letter)
  2. 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.

Middle High German

Pronoun

ū

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

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uː/

Pronoun

û

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

Declension

Possessive pronoun:

Norman

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)

  1. (France, anatomy) eye

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

u

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

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

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. 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

Occitan

Noun

u f (plural us)

  1. u (the letter u, U)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈu/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈu/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

u

  1. Denotes approximate location; by, at; with [+genitive]

Descendants

  • Czech: u

Etymology 2

Preposition

u

  1. 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

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ubi.

Adverb

u

  1. Alternative form of ou (where)
Descendants
  • Middle French: ou
    • French:

Etymology 2

From Latin u, v.

Letter

u

  1. u (letter)
  2. 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.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu/

Adverb

u

  1. where
    • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

Descendants

  • Galician: u
  • Portuguese: u (obsolete)

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /u/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /u/

Preposition

u [+genitive]

  1. Denotes approximate location; by, at
  2. Denotes subject of action; at
  3. Denotes movement away; away, out of
  4. Denotes topographic region; in; at, on
  5. Denotes property; in the homestead of
  6. Denotes position in a group; among, between
  7. Denotes possession; in the possession of
  8. With być; creates a possessive phrase meaning "to have".
  9. Denotes witness or subject of some action; in front of, on behalf of
  10. Denotes opinion; in one's eyes, in one's opinion, according to
  11. Denotes person from whom someone receives; from
  12. Denotes person being asked or requested; from, of
  13. Denotes object to which something belongs; 's
  14. Denotes perpetrator or performer of an action to create a passive voice; by
  15. Denotes time; during, at the time of

Related terms

Descendants

  • Polish: u
  • Silesian: u

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “u”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: 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)

  1. 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)

  1. u, close back rounded vowel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish u.

Preposition

u [+genitive]

  1. Denotes a part belonging to a larger whole; of
    palce u nogitoes (literally, “fingers of the foot”)
  2. Denotes near position; by, at
    Synonyms: blisko, koło, niedaleko, opodal, podle, w pobliżu
    u drzwiat the door
    u bramat the gates
  3. Denotes position with something else; at, by; with; chez
    u Kasiat Kasia's
    u rodzicówat one's parents
    u lekarzaat the doctor's
    u dentystyat the dentist's
  4. Denotes tutor or doer of an action; at, with; from
  5. Denotes someone or something for which something else is named.
    Near-synonyms: pośród, wpośród, wśród
  6. Denotes someone or something about which something may apply; among; in
    u mężczyznin men
    u dzikich zwierzątin wild animals
  7. 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.

References

Further reading

  • u in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • u in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “1. u”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • “2. u”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • “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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Noun

u m (plural us)

  1. 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 , Italian ove and Romanian iuo.

Adverb

u

  1. (obsolete) where
    Synonym: onde

Etymology 3

Article

u m

  1. Eye dialect spelling of o.

Pumpokol

Etymology

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

Pronoun

u

  1. you (second-person plural subjective)

Synonyms

  • úe

Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. (International Standard) The twenty-eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (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).

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

  • (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Rumu

Noun

u

  1. 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

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Pronoun

u

  1. Third person singular pronoun; he, she, it.

Declension

See also


References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), ”, in [], Moscow:
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), ”, in [], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 53
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), ”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, [], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), ”, in , Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 41

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase) U

Letter

  1. 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

  1. (+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
  2. (+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
  3. (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
  4. (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

  1. (+ genitive case) chez

Sicilian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Article

u m sg (f a, plural i)

  1. 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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

u m sg (plural i, female a)

  1. him
    Synonym: lu
  2. it, this or that thing
    Synonym: lu
Usage notes
  • This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.
Inflection

Silesian

Pronunciation

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

  1. The letter of the alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

from .

Preposition

  1. ; by, at; with
  2. ; of

Further reading

  • u in silling.org

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/, /w/

Letter

u (upper case U)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  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

Somali

Preposition

u

  1. to
  2. 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

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Noun

  1. Name of the letter U

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Conjunction

u

  1. or
Usage notes
  • Used instead of o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.
Alternative forms

Further reading

  • ”, in , Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

Swahili

Verb

u

  1. you are; thou art

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name
  • IPA(key): /ʉː/
Phoneme
  • IPA(key): /ʉː/, /ɵ/

Letter

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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 (o/u).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish u.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet):
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario):
  • (phoneme):
  • (phoneme, Spanish-based spellings, before vowels):
  • Rhymes: -u

Letter

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

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (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 )

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

Noun

u (Baybayin spelling )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Abakada alphabet.
  2. 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

  • ”, in , Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, compare Tagalog ulo.

Noun

ū

  1. head

Derived terms

  • uan

Tolai

Pronoun

u

  1. Second-person singular pronoun: you (singular)

Declension


Torres Strait Creole

Noun

u

  1. a mature coconut

Usage notes

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

Turkish

Letter

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

See also

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

Noun

u

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

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/, /uː/

Letter

u (upper case U)

  1. 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

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu/

Noun

u

  1. moon
  2. 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.

Uyghur

Letter

u

Pronoun

u

Uzbek

Pronoun

u

  1. he, she, it

Declension

Pronoun

u (plural ular)

  1. that
    Antonym: bu

Determiner

u

  1. that
    Antonym: bu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

  1. mother; mom
Synonyms
  • mẹ, mợ, mạ,

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier )

  1. a nodule; protuberance; swelling
  2. a tumor; neoplasm
Derived terms
See also
  • ung thư

Verb

  1. to get bumpy; to swell

Etymology 3

Noun

  1. a game consists of two teams, where the offensive player has to chant ⟨u⟩ during offense

Etymology 4

From Portuguese u.

Noun

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

Volapük

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Alternative forms

  • (in front of vowels) ud

Welsh

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

  • IPA(key): /ɨː/
  • IPA(key): /ˌiː ˈbeːdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈbɛdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈɡʊpan/

Letter

  1. 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):


Derived terms

  • Digraph sequences: uw

Noun

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

Mutation

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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

Noun

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

See also

  • As used in Benin:

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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

Pronoun

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

See also

Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u˧/

Noun

u

  1. sibling

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) , Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41, 60

Zulu

Letter

  1. 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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