ui

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch ui.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /œj/, [ʊ̟i̯]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)

  1. onion
    Synonym: uintjie

Dutch

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Etymology

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From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)

  1. onion, Allium cepa
    Synonym: ajuin
  2. (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: ui

Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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ui

  1. Alternative form of oi (oh) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification(key): ui

Verb

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ui

  1. third-person singular present/past indicative of uida

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification(key): ui

Verb

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ui

  1. inflection of uida:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ui (plural uit)

  1. husband
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
      Potterip nulia Dursleyp nulia qatannigutigaa ukiorpassuarni takusimanngisaa. Dursleyp nulia qatannguteqanngitsutut pissusilersortarpoq, qatanngutaami taanna uialu atorsinnaanngitsoq ilaqutariit Dursleykkunnut nallersuussinnaanngillat.
      Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.

Declension

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of ui – see (“pomp; power; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈuji]
  • Hyphenation: ui
  • Rhymes: -ji

Interjection

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ui

  1. oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)

Derived terms

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See also

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ui

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うい

Khumi Chin

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Ui.

Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ui

  1. dog

References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 47

Kiowa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ui (upper case Ui)

  1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

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Like u, Kiowa ui occurs only after the velar consonants , g, k, .

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Mizo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun

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ui

  1. dog

References

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  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈui̯]
  • Hyphenation: ui

Root

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ui

  1. eye

Derived terms

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References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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ui!

  1. used to comment on a close call

Descendants

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Pumé

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ui

  1. water

References

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  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 234
  • Anuario (1964), volume 1, page 340: en yaruro ui 'agua'

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Maori uki.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈu.i/
  • Hyphenation: u‧i

Noun

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ui

  1. generation

References

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  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Romanian

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Verb

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a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conj.

  1. Obsolete form of vui.

Conjugation

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References

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  • ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sinacantán

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Noun

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ui

  1. water

References

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  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Tarao

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Noun

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ui

  1. Alternative spelling of uy (dog).

References

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  • 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN:

Tedim Chin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Noun

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ui

  1. dog

References

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  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Wauja

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ui

  1. snake, serpent
    Punupa ui outsa!
    Look out for the snake!

References

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  • E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.

Zou

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ùj/
  • Hyphenation: ui

Noun

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ui

  1. dog

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41