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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese ().

Noun

yu (countable and uncountable, plural yu)

  1. (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
    • 1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, page 34:
      A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design [] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
  2. (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
    • 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:
      The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms []
    • 1826, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies:
      Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite []

Etymology 2

See you.

Pronoun

yu

  1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

Etymology 3

From Russian ю (ju).

Noun

yu (plural yus)

  1. The letter Ю, ю.
Translations

See also

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

yu

  1. mountain, hill

Bargam

Noun

yu

  1. Alternative form of yuw

References

  • Loanwords in Takia, in Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook (edited by Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor), page 761

Belizean Creole

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

yu

  1. you; second-person singular subjective personal pronoun

Determiner

yu

  1. your

References

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 379.

Bislama

Etymology

From English you. Cognate with Tok Pisin yu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈju/
  • Hyphenation: yu

Pronoun

yu

  1. thou, you (singular)

See also

References

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronoun

yu

  1. Alternative spelling of you (2nd person singular subject and object personal pronoun)

Duna

Noun

yu

  1. water

References

  • Transnewguinea.org, citing Shaw (1973) (see Pacific Linguistics, edited by Karl James Franklin, 1973)

Indonesian

Noun

yu (first-person possessive yuku, second-person possessive yumu, third-person possessive yunya)

  1. older sister

Jamaican Creole

Pronoun

yu

  1. Alternative spelling of yuh

Japanese

Romanization

yu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Jarai

Etymology

From Vietnamese .

Noun

yu (classifier pŏk)

  1. parachute

Kamula

Noun

yu

  1. water

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
  • Possible Cognates Between Kamula and Pa, chart 10, page 16, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, issues 17-20 (1990)

Lashi

Pronunciation

Verb

yu

  1. to take

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malalamai

Noun

yu

  1. water

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu (compare Fijian qio), from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation

Noun

yu (Jawi spelling يو, plural yu-yu, informal 1st possessive yuku, 2nd possessive yumu, 3rd possessive yunya)

  1. a shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
    Yu ialah seekor haiwan akuatik yang sangat kuat gigitannya.
    The shark is an aquatic animal whose bites are very strong.

Synonyms

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

yu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Noun

yu (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) nose

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Pronoun

yu

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

Miskito

Noun

yu

  1. sun
  2. day

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

yu

  1. you

Okinawan

Romanization

yu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • yiu (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Comes from Old Papiamentu "joego", from Spanish hijo. Compare and Kabuverdianu fidju "child" (ac Jacobs).

Noun

yu

  1. child (of parents)

Pijin

Pronoun

yu

  1. Alternative form of iu

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English you.

Pronunciation

Determiner

yu

  1. your

Pronoun

yu

  1. you

Tagalog

Etymology

From English u, the English name of the letter U/u.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: yu
  • IPA(key): /ju/,
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

yu (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet and the Abecedario) u

See also

Further reading

  • yu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tataltepec Chatino

Pronoun

yu

  1. he

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

yu (personal)

  1. you (singular)

See also

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

yu (personal)

  1. you (singular)

See also

Unami

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

yu

  1. this (inanimate)

See also

Waskia

Noun

yu

  1. water
  2. river

References

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (Ekiti, Idanre, Ondo, Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) to go
    Synonyms: lọ,
    Me è I will not go (Èkìtì)
    Ùwọ ó ín.It was you who went. (Ìkálẹ̀)

Derived terms

Zacatepec Chatino

Pronoun

yu

  1. they

Synonyms

Zarma

Noun

yu

  1. honey

References

  • David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)