iu

Translingual

Symbol

iu

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

Aiwoo

Pronoun

iu

1. 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

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Adverb

iu

1. where

   D-iu esht?

   Where are you from?

Related terms

• iutsido / iutsãdo
• iuva

Bislama

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)

1. some
2. 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

• iu ajn (“any”)

Pronoun

iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)

1. someone, somebody

Derived terms

• iu ajn (“anyone, anybody”)
• iutage (“one day, someday”)

See also

Gothic

Romanization

iu

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti (Indonesia)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

iu

1. 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)

1. to drink

Derived terms

• iuder (“drinker”)
• iuoil (“drinkable, potable”, adj)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key):
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jiw/
• Bender phonemes: {yiw}

Noun

iu

1. coconut

Related terms

• ni (coconut tree)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Okinawan

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Old High German

Pronoun

iu

1. dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• eu, iuu, giu

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

1. accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

• Middle Low German: jû, jûw
  • Low German: ju, jug, jo, jau, u, ugg

Pijin

Alternative forms

• yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See also

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu/

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of eu (“I”)

Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

1. Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Verb

iu

1. (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.