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The hiragana syllable ゆ(yu). Its equivalent in katakana is ユ(yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行う段(ya-gyō u-dan, “row ya, section u”).
In modern Okinawan parlance this accusative particle is simply omitted from direct objects and the like, turning the language into a marked nominative language.
References
“ゆ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
“ユ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
The alternative kanji spelling of this verb suffix derives from Middle Chinese所(ʃɨʌX), a prefix attached to verbs to form noun phrases, indicating the patient of the verb, similar to a passive participle. In writing, this is used prefixally as in Chinese, by adding it before the kanji of the verb. The resulting compound is read as the irrealis stem of the verb plus the terminalゆ(yu) or attributiveゆる(yuru), depending on the grammar required by the syntax. Examples are 所謂(ipayuru), 所念(omopoyu), 所見(mi1yu), 所聞(ki1ko2yu), 所知(sirayu).
