ui

From Dutch ui.

• IPA^(key): /œi̯/,

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ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)

1. onion

   Synonym: uintjie

From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.

• IPA^(key): /œy̯/

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• Hyphenation: ui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)

1. onion (Allium cepa)

   Synonym: ajuin

   Hypernym: look

2. (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

• Afrikaans: ui

• ui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

ui

1. alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯/,
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification^(key): ui
• Hyphenation^(key): ui

ui

1. third-person singular present/past indicative of uida

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification^(key): ui
• Hyphenation^(key): ui

ui

1. inflection of uida:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ʊɪ̯/

ui

1. An exclamation of surprise, joy, excitement, or admiration.
2. An exclamation of worry or lament.
3. An exclamation of pondering.

   Synonym: hmm

• “ui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “ui” in Duden online

From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ui/,

ui (plural uit)

1. husband
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 4–5:

     Potterip nulia Dursleyp nulia qatannigutigaa ukiorpassuarni takusimanngisaa. Dursleyp nulia qatannguteqanngitsutut pissusilersortarpoq, qatanngutaami taanna uialu atorsinnaanngitsoq ilaqutariit Dursleykkunnut nallersuussinnaanngillat.

     Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.

An onomatopoeia.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ui
• Rhymes: -ji

ui

1. oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)

• uizik

• röf

ui

1. Rōmaji transcription of うい

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

• IPA^(key): /ʔui̯˥/

ui

1. dog

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 47

• IPA^(key): /uj/

ui (upper case Ui)

1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Like u, Kiowa ui occurs only after the velar consonants g̶, g, k, kʼ.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

ui

1. dog

• Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ui

ui

1. eye

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244

ui!

1. used to comment on a close call

• Macanese: ui-di

• vi

ui

1. water

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 234
• Anuario (1964), volume 1, page 340: en yaruro ui 'agua'

Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Maori uki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.i/
• Hyphenation: u‧i

ui

1. generation

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conjugation

1. obsolete form of vui

• ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

ui

1. water

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

ui

1. alternative spelling of uy (“dog”)

• 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN:

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

ui

1. dog

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.wi/

ui

1. snake, serpent

   Punupa ui outsa!

   Look out for the snake!

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

• IPA^(key): /ùj/
• Hyphenation: ui

ui

1. dog

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41