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See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Translingual

Symbol

iu

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

Äiwoo

Pronoun

iu

  1. I

References

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?

Bislama

Pronoun

iu

  1. 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)

  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

Pronoun

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

  1. 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

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti

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

Noun

iu

  1. coconut
  • ni (coconut tree)

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Adverb

  1. Alternative form of ġeō

Old High German

Pronoun

iu

  1. dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

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

Pijin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

  1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See also

Sicilian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

iu

  1. Alternative form of eu (I)

Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

iu

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