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Translingual

Symbol

eu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Basque.

Aromanian

Pronoun

eu

  1. Alternative form of io

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin ovum.

Noun

eu m (plural eus)

  1. egg

Chuukese

Numeral

eu

  1. one

Related terms

Corsican

Pronoun

eu

  1. Alternative form of eiu

References

Drehu

Pronunciation

Adverb

eu

  1. when

References

French

Etymology

From Middle French eu, from Old French eü, from Vulgar Latin *habūtus, replacing Classical Latin habitus.

The spelling, which contradicts the pronunciation, is because Middle French -eu- besides /ø/ also sometimes represented long /yː/. The latter cases were generally replaced with -û- in Early Modern French, e.g. dû, flûte for Middle French deu, fleute. However, in the case of eu and related forms the spelling û was considered awkward and so the Middle French form was preserved.

Pronunciation

Participle

eu (feminine eue, masculine plural eus, feminine plural eues)

  1. past participle of avoir

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese eu, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈew/, (occasionally) /ˈɛw/, /ˈɪw/, (sandhi) /ˈjew/
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

eu (after a preposition min, accusative me, dative me)

  1. I
    • 1399, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 580:
      Saban todos que yeu Fernan Martinez, Clerigo rector da Yglesia de San Thomas da pescaria da Vila da Cruña
      Everyone know this, that I Fernán Martinez, rector cleric of the church of Saint Tomas, of the Pescaría (fishery) of the Town of A Coruña

See also

References

  • “eu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “yeu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ieu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.


Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

eu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えう

Latin

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”, adverb).

Pronunciation

Interjection

eu

  1. bravo! well done!

See also

References

  • “eu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “eu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Interjection

eu

  1. Use to draw somebody's attention

Manx

Pronoun

eu (emphatic form euish)

  1. second-person plural/form of ec
    at you/ye

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

eu

  1. Alternative form of ewe

Etymology 2

Pronoun

eu

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of yow

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

eu (mutated form geu)

  1. wood

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 61.

Old French

Verb

eu

  1. past participle of avoir

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eu

  1. I

Descendants

  • Eonavian: eu
  • Fala: ei
  • Galician: eu
  • Portuguese: eu (see there for further descendants)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • ieu
  • ie (before an enclitic)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eu

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

See iu.

Pronoun

eu

  1. you (accusative)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese eu, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Doublet of ego.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eu m or f by sense

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
  2. (Brazil, nonstandard, highly proscribed) first-person singular prepositional pronoun; me

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:eu.

Derived terms

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo

Noun

eu m (plural eus)

  1. (chiefly philosophy) ego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
    Synonym: ego

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

eu!

  1. Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.
    Dr. Hélio? – Eu!
    Dr. Hélio? – Here!

Descendants

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (pronoun) /jew/, (noun) /ew/
  • IPA(key): (pronoun, colloquial) /jo/
  • Rhymes: -ew
  • Hyphenation: eu
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

eu

  1. (nominative form) I

Declension

Nominative
eu
Accusative
stressed unstressed
mine mă
Genitive
Singular Plural
m & n f m f & n
meu mea mei mele
Dative
stressed unstressed
mie îmi
Reflexive
Accusative Dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
mine mă mie îmi

See also

Romanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person eu noi
2nd person plain tu voi
semi-polite dumneata dumneavoastră
polite dumneavoastră
3rd person
familiar 		m el ei
f ea ele
3rd person
polite 		m dumnealui dumnealor
f dumneaei

Noun

eu n (plural euri)

  1. ego

Declension

Declension of eu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) eu eul (niște) euri eurile
genitive/dative (unui) eu eului (unor) euri eurilor
vocative eule eurilor

Romansch

Pronoun

eu (Vallader)

  1. Alternative form of jau (“I”)

Sassarese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eu

  1. Alternative form of éiu: I
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Springtime]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:
      […] guasi guasi credu
      chi podaristhia eu puru
      o dubaristhia
      nascì torra. […]
      I almost believe that I, too, can, or should, be born again.
    • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
      Faccisigàddu, diggu grazie a Firumèna chi s’alluntàna e s’arròmba a lu muru; eu a lu muru d’aócci.
      Embarrassed, I thank Filomena, who distances herself, and leans on the wall; I to the opposite wall.

See also

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛu/
  • Hyphenation: è‧u

Pronoun

eu

  1. (first person singular pronoun) I
    Eu sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu. ― I can read Sicilian.

Usage notes

  • It can be postponed to a verb
  • It can, some dialects, be used for emphasis
    Jù ci parrai-ju
    I talked to him.

Inflection

nominative eu
prepositional mìa
accusative mi
dative mi
reflexive mi

See also

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • 'u (after vowels)
  • 'w (after the preposition i)

Pronunciation

Usage notes

  • Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales, making it homophonous with singular ei in all varieties of the spoken language.

Determiner

eu (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

  1. their
    Cwynent am eu blinder a’u hafiechyd.
    They complained of their weariness and their illness.

Pronoun

eu (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

  1. them (as the direct object of a verbal noun)
    Rhaid sganio’r ffeiliau cyn eu hagor a’u harchwilio.
    You have to scan the files before opening them and exploring them.

Usage notes

  • Nhw is often added after the noun or verbnoun which eu precedes. In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where nhw is never used.
  • 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 eu and ’u can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial ’u is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for ’u for more information.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

eú

  1. (Ekiti) anvil

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

eu (1957–1982 spelling eu)

  1. to sing (a folk song)

Etymology 2

Adjective

eu (1957–1982 spelling eu)

  1. weak; frail; feeble
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