yoo

See also: yo̱ó and yooʼ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː/

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Pronoun

yoo

1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joː/

Pronoun

yoo

1. I, me

See also

Afar personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Subject	Singular	anú	atú	úsuk	ís
	Plural	nanú	isín	úsun
Object	Singular	yoo	koo	kaa	tet
	Plural	nee	sin	ken

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

yoo

1. house

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Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *-jaːw. Cognate with Khasi ïohi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo/

Verb

yoo

1. to see

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Southeastern Tepehuan

Verb

yoo

1. past tense of yootaꞌ

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Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.

Noun

yoo

1. moon

Derived terms

• yocanayoo
• yondij
• yoo dzavua
• yoo ninachitu
• yooninacuvuindaa
• yoo nina yodzo
• yoonindoto
• yoo ninduvui nee
• yoo ninoo cuvui
• yoo ninu quaa cuhua
• yooninuundaa
• yoo quanduvuidzuchi
• yoo yeq
• yoo ñañu
• yosihi yoo
• yosino yoo
• yotnoo
• yo ya hi yoo

 

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 140v

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Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yu·ʔ.

Cognates: Navajo yooʼ, Chiricahua yoo, Lipan yoo, Plains Apache zhoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jòː]

Noun

yoo (possessed form -yo’)

1. bead, beads

   shiyo’ ― my beads

   biyo’ ― her/his/their beads

Usage notes

The form yoo is occurs in the San Carlos varieties; yoo’ occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).

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Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔː/

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Noun

yoo (definite form yoo wi)

1. mosquito

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Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.

Noun

yoo

1. moon
2. month

Derived terms

• jaꞌa yoo
• xini yoo

 

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93