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Guaraní
Pronunciation
Verb
'u (active, transitive, irregular)
- eat, drink
Conjugation
Derived terms
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lu, from Latin illum.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
'u
- him (accusative)
Coordinate terms
| Number |
Person |
Nominative |
Accusative |
Dative |
Reflexive |
Possessive |
Prepositional
|
| singular
|
first-person
|
io (i')
|
me
|
mìo, mìa, mieje, meje
|
me, méne
|
| second-person, familiar
|
tu
|
te
|
tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje
|
te, téne
|
| second-person, formal
|
vuje
|
ve
|
vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste
|
vuje
|
| third-person, masculine
|
ìsso
|
'o, 'u (lo, lu)
|
'i, 'e (li, le)
|
se
|
sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje
|
ìsso
|
| third-person, feminine
|
éssa
|
'a (la)
|
'e (le)
|
éssa
|
| plural
|
first-person
|
nuje
|
ce
|
nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste
|
nuje
|
| second-person, plural
|
vuje
|
ve
|
vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste
|
vuje
|
| third-person, masculine
|
ìsse
|
'i, 'e (li, le)
|
llòro
|
se
|
llòro (invariable)
|
llòro
|
| third-person, feminine
|
llòro
|
'e (le)
|
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu (“to eat”), from Proto-Tupian *kʔu (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: 'u
Verb
'u (first-person singular active indicative aî'u, first-person singular negative active indicative naî'uî, noun 'u) (transitive)
- to eat; to drink
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 408
Further reading
Tarantino
Article
'u m sg (plural le)
- the
Welsh
Etymology
Contraction of eu (“their”).
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales, making it homophonous with singular 'i in all varieties of the spoken language.
Determiner
'u
- their (used after vowels)
Ymwelon ni â’u hwyres nhw’n yr ysbyty.- We visited their granddaughter in hospital.
Pronoun
'u
- them (used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun or verb)
Cyhuddodd fi o’u dwyn ac yna’u gwerthu.- He/She accused me of stealing them and then selling them.
Fe’u ceir yma o bryd i'w gilydd.- They are found (lit. "One finds them") here occasionally.
Usage notes
- In formal Welsh, the contraction 'u is a valid form of eu found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, eu is often contracted to 'u after almost any vowel-final word.
- Pronomial 'u (and eu) can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'u is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a and y. After certain certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as ni, na, oni and pe, -s is used instead.
- After the preposition i (“to”), the contraction changes to i’w.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'u”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies