uz

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Uzbek

Symbol

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uz

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Uzbek.

English

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Pronoun

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uz

  1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of us (me).

Anagrams

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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uces

Etymology

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From Latin ulex, itself from a local substrate language. Compare Portuguese urze, Spanish urce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuθ/, (western) /ˈus/

Noun

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uz f (plural uces)

  1. (botany) heather (especially any of several shrub species in the genus Erica)
    • 1458, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 413:
      et abedes de leuantar enno dicto lugar huna casa enno dicto lugar, de pedra, cuberta de huzes et de culmo
      You should build there a house at that place, made of stone, covered with heather and thatch
    • 1986, Constantino García, Grilos e ralos, rans albariñas in Actas do Congresso internacional de estudos sobre Rosalia de Castro e o seu tempo, volume 3, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 78:
      Dado que existe toxo albar e que albar e mesmo albariña significa nalgunhas zonas de Galicia uz, carpaza, breixo, penso que cabería tamén a posibilidade de interpreta-las rans albariñas como rans dos breixos.
      Considering that there is toxo albar and that albar and even albariña mean, in some regions of Galicia, heather, rockrose, heaths, I think we could also interpret rans albariñas as rockrose frogs.
    Synonyms: breixo, queiroa, torgo
    1. Spanish heath (Erica australis)
      Synonym: uz moura
    2. tree heath (Erica arborea)
      Synonym: uz branca
    3. Erica scoparia
    4. heather (Calluna vulgaris)
      Synonym: queiroa

Derived terms

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References

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź.

Preposition

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uz (with accusative or genitive)

  1. on, onto (with genitive)
  2. to (with accusative)

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ūt, whence also Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old Dutch, Old English ūt, Old Norse út, Gothic 𐌿𐍄 (ūt).

Adverb

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ūz

  1. out

Preposition

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ūz

  1. out of

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: ūz

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin usus.

Noun

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uz n (plural uzuri)

  1. use

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъz (Russian воз- (voz-), Polish wz-). Cognate with Lithuanian .

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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uz (Cyrillic spelling уз) (+ accusative case)

  1. up, upward
    ići uz stepeniceto go upstairs
    uz brdouphill
    uz r(ij)ekuupriver
    peti/penjati se uz konopacto climb a rope
  2. next to, beside, alongside, by
    uz cestunext to the road
    uza samu granicuon the very border
  3. with, while, along with (circumstances or conditions accompanying the action)
    uz sm(ij)eh/plačwith laughter/crying
    uz p(j)esmuwhile singing
    uz pićewith a drink; while having a drink
    p(j)evati uz klavirto sing while the piano is playing
  4. in spite of, despite (= pȍred)
    uza sve todespite all that

Usage notes

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The variant form uza is used before enclitics and consonants that would make it difficult to pronounce.

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References

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  • uz” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Common Turkic *ūz, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (master, craftsman), akin to oğan.

Adjective

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uz

  1. (obsolete) good, nice
  2. (obsolete) able, skilled
    Synonyms: uzman, becerikli
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Turkic *uŕa-. Akin to uzak.

Adverb

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uz

  1. far, distant
    Synonyms: uzak, ırak
Usage notes
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References

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  • uz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Pronoun

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uz

  1. Alternative form of ouse
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:
      Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.
      There's no one at all to take us there,

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131