yoo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yoo"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

yoo

1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

See also

• yoo hoo

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː/, [ˈjoː]
• Hyphenation: yoo

Pronoun

yóo

1. Full form of yó

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

yoo

1. house

Pnar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo/

Verb

yoo

1. to see

Southeastern Tepehuan

Verb

yoo

1. past of yootaꞌ

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.

Noun

yoo

1. moon

Derived terms

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

 

References

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

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yu·ʔ. Cognates include 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).

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔː/

• Audio:

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Noun

yoo (definite form yoo wi)

1. mosquito

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• yíò, yíó
• óò
• ó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jóò/, /jóó/

Verb

yóò or yóó

1. (auxiliary) will, shall

   Synonyms: á, máa, ń

Usage notes

• A future and volition marker

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

Zacatepec Chatino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joː/

Noun

yoo

1. earth, ground, soil

Derived terms

• laʔa yoo
• yaka yoo

 

References

• Stéphanie Villard (2015) The Phonology and Morphology of Zacatepec Eastern Chatino‎^[3], University of Texas at Austin (PhD thesis), page 61