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Translingual
Symbol
iu
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Inuktitut.
Äiwoo
Pronoun
iu
- I
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Aromanian
Etymology
Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.
Pronunciation
Adverb
iu
- where
D-iu esht?- Where are you from?
Bislama
Pronoun
iu
- Alternative form of yu
Esperanto
Etymology
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -u (correlative suffix of individuals).
Pronunciation
Determiner
iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)
- some
- a : when necessary to express indefiniteness
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
Tio ne estas mia libro, sed ĝi estas iu libro.- That is not my book, but it is a book.
- 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:
kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono- like a wise Solomon
Derived terms
Pronoun
iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)
- someone, somebody
1973 December 29, J. C. Kilburn, “Esperantistoj! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 10:Iu, kiu dezirus korespondi kun eksterlandaj gesamseksemuloj, bonvole skribu al […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
See also
Gothic
Romanization
iu
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌿
Japanese
Romanization
iu
- Rōmaji transcription of いう
Leti
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.
Noun
iu
- shark
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.
Verb
iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)
- to drink
Derived terms
- iuder (“drinker”)
- iuoil (“drinkable, potable”, adj)
Marshallese
Pronunciation
Noun
iu
- coconut
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Adverb
iū
- Alternative form of ġeō
Old High German
Pronoun
iu
- dative plural of ir
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.
Pronoun
iu
- accusative/dative of gi
Descendants
- Middle Low German: jû, jûw
Pijin
Etymology
From English you.
Pronoun
iu
- you (second person singular pronoun)
See also
Sicilian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iu
- Alternative form of eu (“I”)
Tok Pisin
Pronoun
iu
- Alternative form of yu
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
iu
- (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.