u

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u U+0075, u
LATIN SMALL LETTER U
← t
[U+0074] 		Basic Latin v →
[U+0076]
ｕ U+FF55, ｕ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER U
← ｔ
[U+FF54] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｖ →
[U+FF56]
ᵘ U+1D58, ᵘ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL U
← ᵗ
[U+1D57] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵙ →
[U+1D59]

Translingual[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Latin V, from which U derived

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(file)

Symbol[edit]

u

  1. (metrology) Symbol for atomic mass unit
  2. (IPA, phonetics) Used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a close back rounded vowel (/u/).
  3. (IPA, superscript) [u]-coloring, a [u] on- or off-glide (diphthong), or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [u].
  4. (physics) up quark

Gallery[edit]

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type

    Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

    Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

See also[edit]

Other representations of U:

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)

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 ᚢ (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[edit]

Letter name
Phoneme

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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[edit]

u

  1. Abbreviation of underwater.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

References[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch u.

Pronoun[edit]

u

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

See also[edit]

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch uw.

Determiner[edit]

u

  1. (formal) your (singular)

See also[edit]

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Ajië[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

u

  1. to swim

References[edit]

Akkadian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. and
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, CDLI, transl., Hammurabi Code‎[1], The Louvre, Prologue, lines 3-5:
      𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 𒅇 𒅕𒍢𒁴
      den-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
      Enlil bēl šamê u erṣetim
      Enlil, lord of heaven and earth
  2. moreover, likewise, also, too
    𒅇 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴 ― u₃ ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lam /u šiqdam šūbilam/ ― also, send me almonds
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code‎[2], The Louvre, Law 129:
      𒋳𒈠𒀸𒊭𒀜 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒀉𒋾𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾𒄿𒌅𒅆 𒀉𒋫𒊍𒁁 𒄿𒅗𒍪𒋗𒉡𒋾𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒈨𒂊 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑 𒋗𒉡𒋾 𒋳𒈠𒁁𒂖 𒀸𒊭𒁴 𒀸𒊭𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜 𒅇𒊬𒊒𒌝 𒀵𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜
      šum-ma aš-ša-at a-wi-lim it-ti zi-ka-ri-im ša-ni-im i-na i-tu-lim it-ta-aṣ-bat i-ka-su₂-šu-nu-ti-ma a-na me-e i-na-ad-du-u₂-šu-nu-ti šum-ma be-el aš-ša-tim aš-ša-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ u₃ šar-ru-um IR₃-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ
      šumma aššat awīlim itti zikarim šanîm ina itūlim ittaṣbat, ikassûšunūtī-ma ana mê inaddûšunūti; šumma bēl aššatim aššassu uballaṭ, u šarrum warassu uballaṭ.
      If an awīlum's wife has been caught lying with another man, they will be bound and thrown into the water; if the wife's lord wishes to spare his wife, also the king may spare his servant.
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. the reflexive pronoun
    u mblodhën ― they gathered (literally, “they gathered themselves”)

Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. (Bern) and
    • 2008, Ulrich Stuber, Der Bettleschloss-Tüfel:
      Si hei glachet u der Grossätti het gfunge: „So, jetz wärs Zyt für no chlei öppis z Znacht - u nächär göh mir de ungere.
      She laughed and the grandpa opined: „So, now is the time for a little bit of dinner - and afterwards we'll go downstairs.

Etymology 2[edit]

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. Alternative spelling of uu

Further reading[edit]

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

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aut.

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. or

Aromanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille. Compare Romanian o.

Pronoun[edit]

u f (short/unstressed accusative form of ea)

  1. (direct object) her

Related terms[edit]

  • ãl (masculine equivalent)
  • li (plural)

Asturian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin aut.

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. or

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin ubi.

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. where (relative pronoun)
    Equí ye u alcontré la fueya.
    Here is where I found the leaf.

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. where
    ¿Du yes? ¿Au vas? ¿Nu tas?
    Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you in?

Related terms[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u lower case (upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Bambara[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u (tone ù)

  1. they

See also[edit]

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

u (indeclinable)

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

See also[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

u f (plural us)

  1. the Latin letter U (lowercase u)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

u m (plural uns)

  1. one
Derived terms[edit]

Corsican[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Article[edit]

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

  1. the

Usage notes[edit]

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

Pronoun[edit]

u m

  1. him, it (direct object)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

See also[edit]

Corsican personal pronouns
Nominative Dative Accusative Disjunctive
Singular 1st person eiu mi mè
2nd person tù ti tè
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
3rd person f ella a, l' ella
Plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
3rd person f elle e, l' elle

References[edit]

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

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

u + genitive

  1. at
  2. by

Further reading[edit]

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

Drung[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

u

  1. head

References[edit]

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

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. (personal, second-person singular, subjective) you (polite).
    Bent u klaar? ― Are you ready?
    Bent u er nog? ― Are you still there?
  2. (personal, second-person singular, objective) you (polite).
    Ik zal het aan u geven. ― I will give it to you.
    Dit zal niet werken voor u. ― This won’t work for you.
  3. (personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal).
    Ik doe dat wel voor u. ― I’ll do it for thee.
  4. (personal, second-person plural, subjective) you (polite).
    Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? ― Have you prepared that exercise?
  5. (personal, second-person plural, objective) you (polite).
    Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. ― They’ll do it for you.
  6. (reflexive, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)
    Gij hebt u niet gewassen. ― Thou hast not washed thyself.
  7. (reflexive, second-person plural) yourselves (dialectal)
    Wast u eens. ― Wash yourselves.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (Brabantian) a

Synonyms[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: t
  • Next letter: v

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

See also[edit]

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Article[edit]

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

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

Pronoun[edit]

u

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

See also[edit]

Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM 		nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM 		vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎[4], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 276

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u m (plural u)

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

Fula[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes[edit]

See also[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin ū.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u m (plural us)

  1. the name of the letter U.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. (archaic) where, whereby
    • 1264, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:
      pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros
      by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross
    Synonym: onde
  2. where (interrogative adverb)
    U-los libros? Ulos? ― Where are the books? Where are they?
    Synonym: onde

References[edit]

  • “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[edit]

Romanization[edit]

u

  1. Romanization of 𐌿

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese tu.

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. you (second person singular).

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative u u-k
accusative u-t u-kat
dative u-nak u-knak
instrumental u-val u-kkal
causal-final u-ért u-kért
translative u-vá u-kká
terminative u-ig u-kig
essive-formal u-ként u-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive u-ban u-kban
superessive u-n u-kon
adessive u-nál u-knál
illative u-ba u-kba
sublative u-ra u-kra
allative u-hoz u-khoz
elative u-ból u-kból
delative u-ról u-król
ablative u-tól u-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		u-é u-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		u-éi u-kéi
Possessive forms of u
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. u-m u-im
2nd person sing. u-d u-id
3rd person sing. u-ja u-i
1st person plural u-nk u-ink
2nd person plural u-tok u-itok
3rd person plural u-juk u-ik

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • (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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈu/*
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ù

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

u f (invariable)

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

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

u

  1. Rōmaji transcription of う
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ウ

K'iche'[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. his, her, its

References[edit]

Lashi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. egg

Verb[edit]

u

  1. to lay an egg

References[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ū f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter V.

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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Letter[edit]

U

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[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

u m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.
See also[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Livonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Malay[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic وَ‎ (wa), from Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־ (wə-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. and; used to connect words, phrases, etc.
    il-kelb u l-qattus ― the dog and the cat
    tpejjep u tixrob ― she smokes and drinks
  2. when, as; used after a personal pronoun and followed by an active participle or imperfect verb
    huma u reqdin
    when they were sleeping
    (literally, “they and sleeping”)
    aħna u nitkellmu
    when we were talking
    (literally, “we and we talk”)
Alternative forms[edit]
  • w (superseded representation of the consonantal pronunciation)

Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u (construct form uin)

  1. (alienable) a fish trap

References[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u (informal to)

  1. Alternative spelling of ou

See also[edit]

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person mo
mwa (objective) 		nou
2nd person to (informal), ou (formal)
twa (objective) 		zot
3rd person li zot, bann-la

Mezquital Otomi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ú

  1. salt

Adjective[edit]

ú

  1. sweet

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Determiner[edit]

u

  1. your (plural)
  2. your (singular, informal)
Usage notes[edit]

See the usage notes for gi.

Descendants[edit]
  • Dutch: uw
  • Limburgish: eur

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. accusative/dative of gi
Descendants[edit]
  • Dutch: u

Further reading[edit]

  • “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[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. Alternative form of ew

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin u, v.

Letter[edit]

u

  1. u (letter)
  2. v (letter)

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ū

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

Middle Low German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

û

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

Declension[edit]

Possessive pronoun:

Declension of u
nominative accusative dative genitive
Strong declension
Masculine û ûwen ûwem(e) (ûwennote) ûwes
Neuter û
Feminine ûwe ûwer(e)
Plural ûwe ûwen ûwer(e)
Weak declension
Masculine ûwe ûwen ûwen
Neuter ûwe
Feminine ûwen
Plural ûwen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Norman[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun[edit]

u m (plural uûs or uur)

  1. (France, anatomy) eye

Norwegian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

u

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

Nupe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Noun[edit]

u f (plural us)

  1. u (the letter u, U)

Old French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin ubi.

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. Alternative form of ou (“where”)
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎[8]:
      Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
      Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.
      As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
      to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.
Descendants[edit]
  • Middle French: ou

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin u, v.

Letter[edit]

u

  1. u (letter)
  2. v (letter)
Usage notes[edit]
  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. where

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: u
  • Portuguese: u (obsolete)

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish u, from Proto-Slavic *u, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew.

Preposition[edit]

u (+ genitive)

  1. at, chez (at the home or workplace of)
    u Kasi ― at Kasia's
    u rodziców ― at one's parents
    u lekarza ― at the doctor's
    u dentysty ― at the dentist's
  2. at, by
    u drzwi ― at the door
    u bram ― at the gates
  3. of (indicates that something forms part of a whole)
    palce u nogi ― toes (literally, “fingers of the foot”)
  4. in (indicates that a phenomenon or effect relates to or is observed in a certain person, thing or group)
    u mężczyzn ― in men
    u dzikich zwierząt ― in wild animals

Further reading[edit]

  • u in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • u in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Noun[edit]

u m (plural us)

  1. u (name of the letter U, u)

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese u, from Latin ubi. Cognate with Galician u, French où, Italian ove and Romanian iuo.

Adverb[edit]

u

  1. (obsolete) where
    Synonym: onde

Etymology 3[edit]

Article[edit]

u m

  1. Eye dialect spelling of o.

Pumpokol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. you (second-person plural subjective)

Synonyms[edit]

Romani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aut.

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. or

Rumu[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. water

References[edit]

Salar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Pronoun[edit]

u

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

Declension[edit]

declension of u
singular plural
nominative u ular
genitive aniği ularniği
dative aña ulara
definite accusative ani ularni
locative anda ularda
ablative andan ulardan

See also[edit]

Salar personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person men piser
2nd person sen seler
3rd person u ular


References[edit]

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “vu”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “u”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 53
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “u”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “u”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 41

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (uppercase) U

Letter[edit]

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

  1. The 27th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by t and followed by v.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Preposition[edit]

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

  1. (+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
    biti u školi ― to be in school
    u c(ij)elom društvu ― in the whole society
  2. (+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
    ići u školu ― to go to school
    putovati u Ameriku ― to travel to America
  3. (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
    u podne ― at noon
    u sr(ij)edu ― on Wednesday
    u zoru ― at dawn
    U koliko sati? ― At what time?
  4. (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)
    u jednom danu ― in one day
    u mladosti ― during one's youth

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition[edit]

u (Cyrillic spelling у)

  1. (+ genitive case) chez

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

u m sg (f a, plural i)

  1. (masculine singular definite article) the
    Synonym: lu
Usage notes[edit]
  • 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[edit]
Sicilian articles
Masculine singular definite article Feminine singular definite article Masculine and feminine plural definite article
Definite articles (liquid) lu la li
Definite articles (illiquid) u a i
Definite articles nu
(also: un,'n) 		na

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

  • lu (liquid form)

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u m sg (plural i, female a)

  1. (accusative) him
    U canusci? ― Do you know him?
    Synonym: lu
  2. (accusative) it, this or that thing
    Synonym: lu
    Quannu tû desi. ― When I gave it to you.
Usage notes[edit]
  • This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.
Inflection[edit]
Sicilian pronominal particles
Masculine singular pronominal particles Feminine singular pronominal particles Masculine and feminine plural pronominal particles
mi mû mâ mî
ti tû tâ tî
ci ci u ci a cî
ni nû nâ nî
vi vû vâ vî
ci ci u ci a cî

Skolt Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Somali[edit]

Preposition[edit]

u

  1. to
  2. for

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Noun[edit]

u f (plural úes)

  1. Name of the letter U

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. or
Usage notes[edit]

Used instead of o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.

Alternative forms[edit]
  • ú (obsolete)

Further reading[edit]

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

u

  1. Romanization of 𒌋 (u)

Swahili[edit]

Verb[edit]

u

  1. (uncommon, archaic) you are; thou art
    u hali gani? ― how are you doing?
    Pepo waliwatoka watu wengi, wakapiga kelele wakisema: "Wewe u Mwana wa Mungu!" ― Demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!"

Usage notes[edit]

This term is archaic except in the common greeting u hali gani. Along with m and ni it is not conjugated.

See also[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter name
Phoneme

Letter[edit]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ū

  1. head

Derived terms[edit]

Tolai[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

u

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

Declension[edit]

Tolai personal pronouns
singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir
mir 		amital
mital 		avet
ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat
da1
2nd person u amur
mur 		amutal
mutal 		avat
ava1
3rd person ia
i 		dir
di 		dital diat
dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.


Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. a mature coconut

Usage notes[edit]

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

Turkish[edit]

Letter[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

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

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

See also[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/, /uː/

Letter[edit]

u (upper case U)

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

See also[edit]

Tzotzil[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. moon
  2. month

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Uyghur[edit]

Letter[edit]

u

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic

Pronoun[edit]

u

  1. he, she, it

Declension[edit]

Uzbek personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni mening menga menda mendan
2nd person sen seni sening senga senda sendan
3rd person u uni uning unga unda undan
plural 1st person biz bizni bizning bizga bizda bizdan
2nd person siz sizni sizning sizga sizda sizdan
3rd person ular ularni ularning ularga ularda ulardan

Pronoun[edit]

u (plural ular)

  1. that
    U eshik. ― That is a door.
    Antonym: bu

Determiner[edit]

u

  1. that
    u eshik ― that door
    Antonym: bu

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. mother; mom
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Noun[edit]

(classifier Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.) Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. a nodule; protuberance; swelling
  2. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. a tumor; neoplasm
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. to get bumpy; to swell

Etymology 3[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Noun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information. a game consists of two teams, where the offensive player has to chant ⟨u⟩ during offense

Etymology 4[edit]

From Portuguese u.

Noun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Volapük[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

u

  1. or

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (in front of vowels) ud

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (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[edit]

Letter[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  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[edit]

  • u cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word uchelwydd (“mistletoe”):

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.


Derived terms[edit]

  • Digraph sequences: uw

Noun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Mutation[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

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

Noun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

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

Pronoun[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

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

See also[edit]

Affirmative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mo a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person ó wọ́n
Negative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi / n a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person [pronoun dropped] wọn
Object pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi wa
2nd person ọ / ẹ yín
3rd person [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ wọn
Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
Emphatic pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person èmi àwa
2nd person ìwọ ẹ̀yin
3rd person òun àwọn

Zou[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

u

  1. sibling

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information., Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41, 60

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

Zulu[edit]

Letter[edit]

Lua error: not enough memory. See Wiktionary:Lua memory errors for more information.

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

See also[edit]

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