su

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 2 Azeri 2.1 Noun 3 Basque 3.1 Noun 4 Croatian 4.1 Verb 5 Finnish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Abbreviation 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Verb form 6.2.1 Usage notes 6.2.2 Related terms 7 Guaraní 7.1 Number 8 Italian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Adverb 8.2.1 Derived terms 8.3 Interjection 8.4 Preposition 8.4.1 Derived terms 8.4.2 Usage notes 8.5 References 9 Japanese 9.1 Noun 10 Lithuanian 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Preposition 10.2.1 Antonyms 11 Lojban 11.1 Cmavo 11.1.1 Usage notes 11.1.2 Related terms 12 Mandarin 12.1 Pinyin syllable 12.1.1 Usage notes 13 Spanish 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Adjective 13.2.1 Usage notes 13.2.1.1 Related terms 13.3 Adverb 14 Sumerian 14.1 Pronoun 15 Turkish 15.1 Pronunciation 15.2 Noun 15.2.1 Declension

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

su

1. (as su): ISO-639 code for Sundanese

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[edit] Azeri

[edit] Noun

su (Cyrillic spelling су)

1. water

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[edit] Basque

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su

1. fire

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[edit] Croatian

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su

1. are (they)

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

Abbreviation of sunnuntai.

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su

1. sunnuntai (Sunday)

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sy/, SAMPA: /sy/
• Homophones: sue, suent, sues, sus, sut, sût

  Rhymes: -y

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su m. (feminine sue, masculine plural sus, feminine plural sues)

1. Past participle of savoir. known

   J'ai su qu'elle mentait. - “I knew that she was lying.”

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Usually translated into English using the past tense (e.g. “I knew”) rather than the perfect tense (e.g. *“I have known”).

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• insu

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[edit] Guaraní

[edit] Number

su

1. thousand

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sūsum, which is a variant of sūrsum.^[1] Cognate to French sus.

[edit] Adverb

su

1. up, upstairs

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• in su
• più su
• su di giri
• su e giù
• su per giù
• lassù

[edit] Interjection

su!

1. come on!

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su

1. on, upon, onto, on top

   Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola - English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.

2. over

   L'orologio sul polsino della camicia era il marchio di fabbrica di Gianni Agnelli - The watch over the shirt cuff was Gianni Agnelli's trademark.

3. about, on

   Gli italiani non sono d'accordo su molte cose sul come cucinare la pasta e soprattutto sul condimento - Italians don't agree on many things about how to cook pasta and especially on the sauce.

4. above

   La Paz, che sorge a circa 3600 metri sul livello del mare, è la più alta capitale del mondo. - La Paz, which lies about 3600 metres above sea level, is the world's highest capital city.

5. in, out of

   Un europeo su cinque avrà più di 65 anni entro il 2025 - One in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old by year 2025.

[edit] Derived terms

• su due piedi
• su misura
• su richiesta

[edit] Usage notes

When followed by a definite article, su is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Su + article	Combined form
su + il	sul
su + lo	sullo
su + l'	sull'
su + i	sui
su + gli	sugli
su + la	sulla
su + le	sulle

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

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[edit] Japanese

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su (hiragana す)

1. 酢: vinegar
2. す: hiragana letter su
3. ス: katakana letter su

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[edit] Lithuanian

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• IPA: [sʊ]

[edit] Preposition

sù (with instrumental)

1. with

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• be

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[edit] Lojban

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su

1. (metalinguistic eraser) deletes everything the speaker has said

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If su occurs in a dialog, it deletes only what the speaker has said, unless he has said only su, in which case the whole discussion is deleted. It follows that the repetition susu always deletes the whole discussion.

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• si
• sa

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[edit] Mandarin

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su

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sū, sú, or sù.

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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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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /su/

[edit] Adjective

su (third person possessive of singular, of plural sus)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of suyo. His, her, its, one's.

   Vino con su amigo. — “He came with his friend.”

   Habló a sus hijas. — “He spoke to his daughters.”

2. (before the noun) Apocopic form of suyo. (formal) Your.

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The forms su and sus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of suyo is used instead:

Son sus libros. — “[They] are his books.”

Son los libros suyos. — “[They] are his books.” (“...the books of him.”)

Son los suyos. — "[They] are his."

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[edit] Adverb

su

1. About, approximately.

   pesa sus dos kilogramos = it weighs about two kilograms.

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[edit] Sumerian

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su

1. he

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: su

[edit] Noun

su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

1. water

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