ju

See also jū, jú, jǔ, jù, JU, and ju1

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Etymology

Nominative-accusative from Proto-Albanian *ju(s), from Proto-Indo-European dual *i̯úh₁(s) (compare Lithuanian jùs, Gothic jus (“you”)). Older clitic u comes from clitic *u̯os, and ablative jush is from Proto-Albanian *ju-su (similarly Lithuanian locative jū́su).

Pronoun

ju (accusative ju, dative juve, ablative jush)

1. you (plural or polite)

Declension

forms of ju

	ju (2nd person plural)
nominative	ju
ablative	jush
	full form	clitic
accusative	ju	ju
dative	juve	ju
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	juaj	juaji

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	m	ai	ata
	f	ajo	ato

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒuː/

Noun

ju

1. manioc

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo < Latin ego.

Pronoun

ju

1. (first person singular pronoun) I

Related terms

• me, main

See also

• te
• jal, jala
• nu
• vu
• jali, jale

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Dutch

Interjection

ju

1. Said to a horse to make it start moving.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Swedish ju...desto.

Particle

ju

1. the; used with des and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.
   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138,

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto au еĉ prudento.

     “The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.”

See also

• des

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Gothic

Romanization

ju

1. See 𐌾𐌿

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Japanese

Romanization

ju

1. See じゅ
2. See ジュ
3. See ぢゅ
4. See ヂュ

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Lojban

Cmavo

ju (rafsi juv)

1. (conjunction) whether (or not). Joins two predicate words in a complex predicate.

Derived terms

• .iju

Related terms

• .u
• gi'u
• gu
• gu'u

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Mandarin

Romanization

ju

1. Nonstandard spelling of jū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of jú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of jǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of jù.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old French

Noun

ju m (oblique plural jus, nominative singular jus, nominative plural ju)

1. Alternative form of geu.

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• iu
• jō / io

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *izwiz.

Pronoun

jū

1. Accusative and dative form of jī

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• West Frisian: jo

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Saterland Frisian

Article

ju f

1. the

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Clitic of nju

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Pronoun

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

1. her (clitic accusative singular of òna (“she”))

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je, nju	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	-	-	-	-	-	-
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

Etymology 2

Form of iju

Alternative forms

• iju

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Interjection

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

1. Used to express surprise.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɵ/, /jʉː/

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Adverb

ju

1. Used to indicate an expectation of common understanding, or that what is said is an obvious fact.

   Bussen går ju klockan tre.

   The bus of course leaves at three o' clock. (with an expectation that the second party in the conversation is aware of the fact)

ju...desto

1. The...the (when comparing)

   Ju större, desto bättre.

   The larger, the better.