uku

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See also: Uku, ukú, ukũ, uku-, uku', úku, ūku, ūkų, and ʻuku

Balinese

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Romanization

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uku

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬸᬓᬸ

Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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uku

  1. plural of una, a hyphenated or assimilated enclitic which denotes to be.
    e.g. tuttunuku
    They are reindeers.
    e.g. inuit-uku?
    Are they humans?

Pronoun

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uku

  1. they
  2. them
  3. these
  4. their

Hausa

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Hausa numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: ukù

Etymology

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Cognate with Bura kwan, Goemai kun, Beele kunu, Bole kúnūː, Kirfi kúnū, Galambu kūːn, Gera kùnú, Deno kúnú, Duwai , Ngamo kùnû, Karekare kūnù, Tal ƙún.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔú.kù/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔʊ́.kʷʊ̀]

Numeral

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ukù f

  1. three

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *utu, from Proto-Oceanic *utuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Maori utu, Malay untung).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uku

  1. payment, reward, prize, commission, compensation

References

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  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uku”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hawaiian Creole

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian ʻuku (louse, flea).

Noun

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uku

  1. head lice
    She wen get ukus all ova her hea.
    She had head lice all over her hair.

Japanese

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Romanization

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uku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うく

Kwoma

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Noun

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uku

  1. water

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Limos Kalinga

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Noun

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ukú

  1. knife

Maore Comorian

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Noun

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uku class 11 (plural mauku class 6)

  1. night

References

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  • uku” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *uku (to scour, to wipe) (compare with Samoan uʻu (to smear, to annoint), Tongan ukuʻi (to wash)),[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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uku

  1. clay
  2. pottery
  3. soap

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 575
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “uku”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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  • uku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Initial dropping of vuku, a metaphony of viku, from the oblique singular form of Old Norse vika f (week). From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. A similar process seems to have taken place with Old English wucu. Akin to English week.

Noun

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uku f

  1. (dialectal, Orkdal) alternative form of veke

References

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  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Uku”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[3] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Prasuni

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Etymology

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From earlier *ukru, from Proto-Nuristani *ãkura, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hankurás (bend), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkulós, from *h₂enk- (to bend).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈku/ (tone class C)

Noun

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uku (Pronz)[1]

  1. shoulder

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “uk′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[2]

Quechua

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Noun

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uku

  1. Alternative spelling of ukhu

Declension

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Seim

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Noun

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uku

  1. water

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *uku (fire).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uku

  1. fire

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
  • Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head[4]

Tidore

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *uku (fire).

Noun

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uku

  1. fire

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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u- (non-gerundive nominalizer) +‎ (to die)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ukú

  1. (Ekiti, Ijebu) death
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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u- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to grumble)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ukù

  1. (Ikalẹ, Ijebu, Ekiti, Usẹn) Ìkálẹ̀ and Ìjẹ̀bú form of ikùn (stomach)