'u

See also: U, ս, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

Verb

'u (active, transitive, irregular)

1. eat, drink

Conjugation

    Conjugation of 'u

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che ha'u	nde re'u	ha'e ho'u	ñande ja'u	ore ro'u	peẽ pe'u	ha'ekuéra ho'u/ho'u hikuái
	hortative	ta'u che	tere'u nde	to'u ha'e	taja'u ñande	taro'u ore	tape'u peẽ	to'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	he'u	-	-	-	pe'u	-
passive
	indicative	che aje'u	nde reje'u	ha'e oje'u	ñande jaje'u	ore roje'u	peẽ peje'u	ha'ekuéra oje'u/oje'u hikuái
	hortative	taje'u che	tereje'u nde	toje'u ha'e	tajaje'u ñande	taroje'u ore	tapeje'u peẽ	toje'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eje'u	-	-	-	peje'u	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajo'u	ore rojo'u	peẽ pejo'u	ha'ekuéra hojo'u/hojo'u hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajo'u ñande	tarojo'u ore	tapejo'u peẽ	tojo'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejo'u	-
coactive
	indicative	che hambo'u	nde rembo'u	ha'e hombo'u	ñande ñambo'u	ore rombo'u	peẽ pembo'u	ha'ekuéra hombo'u/hombo'u hikuái
	hortative	tambo'u che	terembo'u nde	tombo'u ha'e	tañambo'u ñande	tarombo'u ore	tapembo'u peẽ	tombo'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	hembo'u	-	-	-	pembo'u	-
objective
	indicative	che haro'u/haguero'u	nde rero'u/reguero'u	ha'e horo'u/hoguero'u	ñande jaro'u/jaguero'u	ore roro'u/roguero'u	peẽ pero'u/peguero'u	ha'ekuéra horo'u/hoguero'u//horo'u/hoguero'u hikuái
	hortative	taro'u/taguero'u che	terero'u/tereguero'u nde	toro'u/toguero'u ha'e	tajaro'u/tajaguero'u ñande	taroro'u/taroguero'u ore	tapero'u/tapeguero'u peẽ	toro'u/toguero'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	hero'u/heguero'u	-	-	-	pero'u/peguero'u	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che haporo'u/hamba'e'u	nde reporo'u/remba'e'u	ha'e hoporo'u/homba'e'u	ñande japoro'u/ñamba'e'u	ore roporo'u/romba'e'u	peẽ peporo'u/pemba'e'u	ha'ekuéra hoporo'u/homba'e'u//hoporo'u/homba'e'u hikuái
	hortative	taporo'u/tamba'e'u che	tereporo'u/teremba'e'u nde	toporo'u/tomba'e'u ha'e	tajaporo'u/tañamba'e'u ñande	taroporo'u/taromba'e'u ore	tapeporo'u/tapemba'e'u peẽ	toporo'u/tomba'e'u ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	heporo'u/hemba'e'u	-	-	-	peporo'u/pemba'e'u	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Derived terms

• y'u (“drink water”)

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• lu

Etymology

From lu, from Latin illum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Pronoun

'u

1. him (accusative)

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
singular	first-person	io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second-person, familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	llòro	'e (le)

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu (“to eat”), from Proto-Tupian *kʔu (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: 'u

Verb

'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, gerund 'ûabo, noun 'u) (transitive, irregular)

1. to ingest (to take a substance into the body)

   Near-synonym: karu (“to eat”, intransitive)

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço, Niterói, page 66; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

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     [I aputu'uma t'a'u.]

     I shall eat his brains.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'u”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 491, column 1

Tarantino

Article

'u m sg (plural le)

1. the

Welsh

Etymology

Contraction of eu (“their”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i̯/
• Homophone: 'i

Usage notes

• Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales, making it homophonous with singular 'i in all varieties of the spoken language.

Determiner

'u

1. their (used after vowels)

   Ymwelon ni â’u hwyres nhw’n yr ysbyty.

   We visited their granddaughter in hospital.

Pronoun

'u

1. them (used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun or verb)

   Cyhuddodd fi o’u dwyn ac yna’u gwerthu.

   He/She accused me of stealing them and then selling them.

   Fe’u ceir yma o bryd i'w gilydd.

   They are found (lit. "One finds them") here occasionally.

Usage notes

• In formal Welsh, the contraction 'u is a valid form of eu found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, eu is often contracted to 'u after almost any vowel-final word.
• Pronomial 'u (and eu) can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'u is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a and y. After certain certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as ni, na, oni and pe, -s is used instead.
• After the preposition i (“to”), the contraction changes to i’w.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'u”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies