iu

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See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Translingual

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Symbol

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iu

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

Äiwoo

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. I

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

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iu

  1. where
    D-iu esht?
    Where are you from?
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Bislama

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

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Determiner

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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

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Pronoun

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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

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Gothic

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Romanization

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iu

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

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Romanization

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iu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

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iu

  1. shark

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

Verb

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iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)

  1. to drink

Derived terms

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  • iuder (drinker)
  • iuoil (drinkable, potable, adj)

Marshallese

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Noun

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iu

  1. coconut
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  • ni (coconut tree)

References

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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  1. Alternative form of ġeō

Old High German

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.

Pronoun

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iu

  1. accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

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

Pijin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English you.

Pronoun

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iu

  1. you (second person singular pronoun)

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Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. Alternative form of eu (I)

Tok Pisin

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Pronoun

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iu

  1. Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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iu

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