ū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"
Translingual
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
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
- (Letters using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ R̄r̄ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Maori ū.
Noun
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Verb
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
ū
Latgalian
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
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
Letter
ū (lower case, upper case Ū)
- The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u ilgoji 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
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The thirty-sixth 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, D̦ d̦, 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
Maori
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The seventeenth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Hawaiian ū.
Noun
ū
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ū
- to strike home, to hit the mark (as of a weapon)
- to land (as of a vessel), to come ashore
- to comply
- (stative) to be firm, fixed, unyielding
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of ū – see 有 (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 有). |
Samogitian
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ū and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
See also
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