-u-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

English

Etymology

From the initial vowel of human.

Infix

-u-

  1. (pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a human source.

Related terms

  • -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies. (See that entry for full paradigm.)

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: u

Interfix

-u-

  1. (rare, not productive) used in compound words
    ‎pies + ‎-u- + ‎brat → ‎psubrat

Derived terms

Polish terms interfixed with -u-

See also

Further reading

  • -u- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Infix

-u-

  1. it, m class(III)/u class(XI) object concord

See also

Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Class Subject concord Object concord Relative
affirmative negative
m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Swedish

Etymology

In almost all words from Old Swedish -u, -o, from the Old Swedish genitive form of Germanic feminine ōn-stems.

Alternates with -o- according to Old Swedish rules of syllable weight, where -o was used after heavy syllables and -u after light.

Pronunciation

Interfix

-u-

  1. Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds.

Usage notes

  • Used as interfix in compounds with some old weak feminines with a former light syllable ending in -a. Some common ones are gata (“street”), e.g. gatukontor (“highway department”); lada (“barn”), e.g. ladusvala (“barn swallow”), etc.
  • Alternates with a zero interfix (vowel deletion) in some words, cf. gatukontor (“highway department”), but gatlykta (“street lamp”).
  • The interfix was formerly mostly confined to the written literary language, whereas the spoken colloquial language preferred compounds with no -u- or with -e- in some dialects, cf. dated stugudörr with modern stugdörr, and the common pronunciation lagård for ladugård (“barn”). However, for some words, -u- is common in compounds even in the modern spoken language.

Derived terms

Swedish terms interfixed with -u-

See also

References

  • Teleman, Ulf; Hellberg, Staffan; Andersson, Erik & Holm, Lisa (1999). Svenska akademiens grammatik 2 Ord. Stockholm: Svenska akad.
  • Wessén, Elias (1958). Svensk språkhistoria. 2, Ordbildningslära. 3. ed. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell
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