English Online Dictionary. What means yu? What does yu mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: you, yew, ewe
Etymology 1
From Chinese 玉 (yù).
Noun
yu (countable and uncountable, plural yu)
- (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
- (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
Etymology 2
See you.
Pronoun
yu
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
Etymology 3
From Russian ю (ju).
Noun
yu (plural yus)
- The letter Ю, ю.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Uy
Ama
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju/
Noun
yu
- mountain, hill
Bargam
Noun
yu
- Alternative form of yuw
References
- Loanwords in Takia, in Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook (edited by Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor), page 761
Belizean Creole
Etymology
From English you.
Pronoun
yu
- you (second-person singular pronoun)
Determiner
yu
- your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
References
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 379.
Bislama
Etymology
From English you. Cognate with Tok Pisin yu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈju/
- Hyphenation: yu
Pronoun
yu
- thou, you (singular)
See also
References
- Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46
Cameroon Pidgin
Pronoun
yu
- Alternative spelling of you (“2nd person singular subject and object personal pronoun”)
Duna
Noun
yu
- water
References
- Transnewguinea.org, citing Shaw (1973) (see Pacific Linguistics, edited by Karl James Franklin, 1973)
Indonesian
Noun
yu (first-person possessive yuku, second-person possessive yumu, third-person possessive yunya)
- older sister
Jamaican Creole
Pronoun
yu
- Alternative spelling of yuh
Japanese
Romanization
yu
- The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu) or the katakana syllable ユ (yu) in Hepburn romanization.
Jarai
Etymology
From Vietnamese dù.
Noun
yu (classifier pŏk)
- parachute
Kamula
Noun
yu
- water
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
- Possible Cognates Between Kamula and Pa, chart 10, page 16, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, issues 17-20 (1990)
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju/
Verb
yu
- to take
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Malalamai
Noun
yu
- water
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Malay
Alternative forms
- hiu (obsolete in Malay, standard in Indonesian)
Etymology
From hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu (compare Fijian qio), from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ju], [i.ju]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: yu
Noun
yu (Jawi spelling يو, plural yu-yu, informal 1st possessive yuku, 2nd possessive yumu, 3rd possessive yunya)
- A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
- Synonym: jerung
Compounds
Further reading
- “yu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandarin
Romanization
yu
- Nonstandard spelling of yū.
- Nonstandard spelling of yú.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of yù.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mapudungun
Noun
yu (Raguileo spelling)
- (anatomy) nose
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Pronoun
yu
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow
Miskito
Noun
yu
- sun
- day
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English you.
Pronoun
yu
- you
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- yiu (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Comes from Old Papiamentu "joego", from Spanish hijo. Compare and Kabuverdianu fidju "child" (ac Jacobs).
Noun
yu
- child (of parents)
Pijin
Pronoun
yu
- Alternative form of iu
Prasuni
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *kawa. Compare Ashkun këvā, Kamkata-viri kavo, këvo, Waigali kavā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju/ (tone class A)
Noun
yu (Pronz)
- basket
References
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
- i
Etymology
From English you.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju/, /i/
Determiner
yu
- your
Pronoun
yu
- you
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English u, the English name of the letter U/u.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ju/ [jʊ]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: yu
- Homophone: Yu
Noun
yu (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓ)
- the name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Filipino alphabet
- Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet and the Abecedario) u
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
Further reading
- “yu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
- uy, Uy
Tataltepec Chatino
Pronoun
yu
- he
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English you.
Pronoun
yu (personal)
- you (singular)
See also
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English you.
Pronoun
yu (personal)
- you (singular)
See also
- yutu
- yupla
Unami
Alternative forms
- yun
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ju]
Pronoun
yu
- this (inanimate)
See also
Waskia
Noun
yu
- water
- river
References
- Waskia dictionary (SIL)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- yún
- jú (Ào)
- hú (Eastern Àkókó)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jú/
Verb
yú
- (Ekiti, Idanre, Ondo, Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) to go
- Synonyms: lọ, rè
- Me è yú ― I will not go (Èkìtì)
- Ùwọ ó yú ín. ― It was you who went. (Ìkálẹ̀)
Derived terms
- yúbẹ̀ (“to go there”)
Zacatepec Chatino
Pronoun
yu
- they
Synonyms
- neʔ
Zarma
Noun
yu
- honey
References
- David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)