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Translingual
Etymology
Typographical substitution for μ, in environments where the correct symbol is not available.
Prefix
u-
- (proscribed) Alternative form of μ- as an abbreviation of micro-, mikro-, микро- etc.
Basque
Prefix
u-
- Combining form of ur (“water”)
Chuukese
Prefix
u-
- (subject marker for tense modifying pronouns) I
Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
u-
- (away) from
- u- + stoupit (“step”) → ustoupit (“yield”)
- (inchoative)
- (telicity)
- u- + vidět (“see”) → uvidět (“catch sight out of”)
- added to mean a bit
- u- + lít (“pour”) → ulít (“pour off a little”)
- (u- + imperfective base + se) intensification: until exhaustion, expressing final stage of a process. (collocates with k smrti (“to death”))
- u- + kašlat (“have a cough”) → ukašlat se (“die of coughing”)
- u- + smát se (“laugh”) → usmát se (“die of laughing”)
- u- + trápit se (“grieve”) → utrápit se (“die of grief”)
- (on perfective verbs) unintentionally, inadvertently, by mistake
- u- + řeknout (“say once”) → uřeknout (“misspeak, say unintentionally once”)
- (root modality)
- u- + zvednout (“lift”) → uzvednout (“be able to lift”)
- u- + nést (“carry”) → unést (“be able to carry”)
- to gain by activity
- u- + šetřit (“to save”) → ušetřit (“to save up”)
- ušetřit peníze. ― to save money.
Derived terms
Further reading
- u-/ú- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
Prefix
u-
- in-, un-, non-; (prefix meaning not, reversing the meaning)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Kamba
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u-
- you singular (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)
Kambera
Pronoun
u-
- Alternative form of mu-
See also
Kambera pronominal clitics
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
u-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial ka-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Etymology 5
Prefix
u-
- Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (“not”). Doublet of a-.
Prefix
u-
- un-, (in certain cases) im-
- an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"
Derived terms
References
- “u-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ú- or ó-, English un-, German un-. With the intensifying function probably influenced by ov-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
u-
- un- (not)
- flaks → uflaks
- luck → bad luck
- used to create an undesired version of the following noun
- vêr → uvêr
- weather → severe weather
- tid → utid
- time → inconvenient time
- used to strengthen/intensify the following noun
- tal → utal
- number → huge number
- an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"
Derived terms
References
- “u-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
u-
- perfective prefix
- u- + wiązać → uwiązać
Derived terms
Phuthi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial ka-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish u-, from Proto-Slavic *u-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u/
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: u
Prefix
u-
- appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
- Synonym: o-
- u- + łatwy → ułatwiać
- perfective prefix
- u- + bóść → ubóść
- added to mean "a bit"
- u- + lać → ulać
- added to mean away
- u- + iść → ujść
- (rare) added to mean successfully, often without an imperfective counterpart
- u- + ciągnąć → uciągnąć
- u- + rzucić → urzucić
Derived terms
Further reading
- u- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *u-. Prefixed form of the preposition u.
Pronunciation
Prefix
u-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
- (no change in meaning)
- u- + branīti (“to defend”) → ubranīti (“to defend”)
- away
- u- + téči (“to run”) → utéči (“to run away, escape”)
- (reflexive) to make a mistake while
- u- + štẹ́ti (“to count”) → uštẹ́ti (“to miscount”)
Derived terms
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial ka-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- and Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (plural n- or ma-)
- u class(XI) noun prefix, denoting natural objects, extensions, abstract qualities, or collections of small things.
- ulimi mrefu ― a long tongue
- -ness, -ity
- u- + -chafu (“dirty”) → uchafu (“dirtiness”)
- u- + mtoto (“child”) → utoto (“childhood”)
- u- + binafsi (“self”) → ubinafsi (“individualism”)
- forms names of countries
- u- + French France (“France”) → Ufaransa (“France”)
Usage notes
Swahili merged the Bantu classes XI and XIV into one u class(XI), having its adjective agreement in m class(III).
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u-
- you, 2nd person singular subject concord
- Antonym: hu-
See also
Number
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Person
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Independent
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Subject concord
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Object concord
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Combined forms
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Possessive
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affirmative
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negative
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na
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ndi-
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si-
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Singular |
First
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mimi
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ni-
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si-
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-ni-
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nami, na mimi
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ndimi, ndiye
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simi, siye
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-angu
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Second
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wewe
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u-
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hu-
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-ku-
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nawe, na wewe
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ndiwe, ndiye
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siwe, siye
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-ako
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Third
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yeye
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a-, yu-
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ha-, hayu-
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-m-, -mw-, -mu-
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naye, na yeye
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ndiye
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siye
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-ake
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Plural |
First
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sisi
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tu-
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hatu-
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-tu-
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nasi, na sisi
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ndisi, ndio
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sio
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-etu
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Second
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ninyi
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m-, mw-, mu-
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ham-, hamw-, hamu-
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-wa-
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nanyi, na ninyi
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ndinyi, ndio
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sinyi, sio
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-enu
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Third
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wao
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wa-
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hawa-
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-wa-
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nao
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ndio
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sio
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-ao
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Reflexive
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—
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—
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-ji-
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—
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—
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For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
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Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- and Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-.
Prefix
u-
- it, m class(III)/u class(XI) subject concord
- Antonym: hau-
- verb-initial form of -u- (“it, m class(III)/u class(XI) object concord”)
See also
Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial ka-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Taos
Pronunciation
Prefix
u-
- (transitive) Third person singular subject + third person duoplural object.
Tlingit
Prefix
u-
- Marks the irrealis mood
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
u-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial ka-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Etymology 5
Prefix
u-
- Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Prefix
u-
- Allomorph of y- (first-person prefix) used for stems that begin with two consonants and have a first vowel u.
Inflection
Ye'kwana personal markers
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pronoun
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noun possessor/ series II verb argument
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postposition object
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series I verb argument
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transitive patient
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intransitive patient-like
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intransitive agent-like
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transitive agent
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first person
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ewü
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y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1
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w-, wi-
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first person dual inclusive
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küwü
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k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
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k-, kii-, ki-1
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second person
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amödö
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ö-, öy-/öd-, o-, oy-/od-, a-, ay-/ad-
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m-, mi-
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first person dual exclusive
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nña
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y-/d-, ch-, ∅-, i-1
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chö-
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∅-
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n-, ni-
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third person
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tüwü
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n-, ni-
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distant past third person
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—
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kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
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coreferential/reflexive
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—
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t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-
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—
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reciprocal
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—
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—
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öö-
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- With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
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series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
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first person > second person
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mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
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first person dual exclusive > second person
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second person > first person
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k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
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second person > first person dual exclusive
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third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person
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see person X in the chart above
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Yoruba
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ù/
Prefix
ù-
- (CY, SEY) abstract or instrument nominalizing prefix
Usage notes
Forms both abstract and concrete nouns:
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ū/
Prefix
u-
- (CY, SEY) non-gerundive nominalizing prefix
- u- + kú (“to die”) → ukú (“death”)
Derived terms
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.
Prefix
u- (medial wu-)
- you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. This noun class is marked simply with the class 1 augment and a null prefix.
Prefix
ú-
- Class 1a noun prefix.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.
Prefix
ú- (medial ká-)
- he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.
Prefix
ú- (medial wú-)
- he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.
Etymology 5
Contracted from earlier úlu-, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-dʊ̀-.
Prefix
û-
- Class 11 noun prefix.
References