-u
Albanian
Etymology
Suffixed definite article attached on nouns ending with k, g (IPA(key): [k], [ɡ]). From the ending Proto-Indo-European *-osyo. cognate to Messapic -aihi.[1][2][3]
Related to Albanian -i (“of the, etc.”), Albanian i (“of, the, to”).
Pronunciation
Article
-u m
Related terms
- (suffixed article, suffix): -a, -e, -ë, -i, -o, -ia, -ja, -je, -jë, -at, -et, -ët, -it, -ot, -ut, -të, -ri, -ishte, -ishtja
- (article, preposition): e, i, së, të
References
Chuukese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-u
Esperanto
Etymology 1
Etymology unclear. Perhaps from the Greek -ou imperative (pronounced [u]) of deponent verbs such as dekhou “receive!”, or from the Hebrew imperative -û. It may instead—or also—be connected to the vowel of the Esperanto conditional suffix -us, minus the s of the indicative inflections.
Suffix
-u
- volitive inflection of verbs, indicating that an action or state is desired, requested, ordered, or aimed for.
- Donu ĝin al mi.
- Give it to me. (expresses a request or command)
- Ni faru tion.
- Let's do that. (expresses a desire or aim)
- Mi iru dormi.
- I ought to go to sleep. (expresses desirability of the action)
- Via infano sukcesu en la vivo.
- May your child be successful in life. (wish or desire)
- Mi volas, ke vi helpu min.
- I want you to help me. (desire)
- Ŝi petas, ke mi silentu.
- She asks that I be silent. (request)
Etymology 2
Apparently connected to the u at the end of unu (“one, a certain”).
Suffix
-u
- -one. (Ending of the individual correlatives.)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *-w (as applied to stems ending in -e). Cognate with Finnish -u.
Suffix
-u (genitive -u, partitive -u)
- Derives nouns from verbs or prefixes
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-u, from Proto-Uralic *-w (as applied to stems ending in -e). Cognate with Estonian -u.
Suffix
-u (front vowel harmony variant -y, linguistic notation -U)
- Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with e- and i-stem verbs.
- Derives a number of nouns from other nouns.
Usage notes
The front-harmonic variant -y is only used when the first vowel of the word is one of the harmonic front vowels -y-, -ä-, -ö-; words beginning with neutral front vowels -e-, -i- take the back-harmonic variant.
Declension
Inflection of -u (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | -u | -ut | |
genitive | -un | -ujen | |
partitive | -ua | -uja | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | -u | -ut | |
accusative | nom. | -u | -ut |
gen. | -un | ||
genitive | -un | -ujen | |
partitive | -ua | -uja | |
inessive | -ussa | -uissa | |
elative | -usta | -uista | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
adessive | -ulla | -uilla | |
ablative | -ulta | -uilta | |
allative | -ulle | -uille | |
essive | -una | -uina | |
translative | -uksi | -uiksi | |
abessive | -utta | -uitta | |
instructive | — | -uin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflection of -u (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | -u | -ut | |
genitive | -un | -ujen -uiden -uitten | |
partitive | -ua | -uja -uita | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | -u | -ut | |
accusative | nom. | -u | -ut |
gen. | -un | ||
genitive | -un | -ujen -uiden -uitten | |
partitive | -ua | -uja -uita | |
inessive | -ussa | -uissa | |
elative | -usta | -uista | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
adessive | -ulla | -uilla | |
ablative | -ulta | -uilta | |
allative | -ulle | -uille | |
essive | -una | -uina | |
translative | -uksi | -uiksi | |
abessive | -utta | -uitta | |
instructive | — | -uin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.
Derived terms
See also
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -ūtus.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-u
- Forming adjectives having the sense of ‘having quality of, being provided with’ (the root word).
Derived terms
References
- ^ -u, -ue; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert
Gothic
Romanization
-u
- Romanization of -𐌿
Greenlandic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-u (n-v?, truncative?, uses -j- as interfix?)
- be
- ilinniartitsisoq (“teacher”) -> ilinniartitsisiuuvugut (“we are teachers”) .
- Ukiuuvoq.
- It is winter.
- 1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].
Usage notes
May become additive after a strong q base.
References
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 275. Atuagkat 2003.
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 81, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- -u in Katersat
Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-u
- (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.
Derived terms
See also
Ido
Etymology
Common vowel found in pronouns in Romance languages: French tu, Italian tu and Spanish tú, also in French vous and as an o in Italian voi and Spanish vos, etc. (Compare tu and vu)
Suffix
-u
Usage notes
As it is used to form pronouns, you cannot use it to create nouns. Instead, to form an agent from an adjective like felica (“happy”), you just make it a noun: felico (“a happy person”).
Derived terms
Kongo
Suffix
-u
- used to form nouns denoting action or result of action
Latin
Suffix
-ū
- ablative/locative singular of -us for fourth-declension nouns.
Maltese
Alternative forms
- -h (after a vowel)
Etymology
Suffix
-u
Related terms
Maori
Etymology
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Suffix
-u
- Used in contractions with particles of possession to mean you
See also
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *-ō. Cognate with Finnish -o.
Suffix
-u
- Forms result or action nouns from verbs.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Even u-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -u | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -u | -ut | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -u | -ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ |
-ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -ui | -ūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -us | -ūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -ūin | -ūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -un | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Suffix
-u
- Form of the suffix -i used with verbs in -ut.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Even u-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -u | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -u | -ut | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -u | -ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ |
-ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -ui | -ūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -us | -ūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -ūin | -ūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -un | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From suppletive fusion of ō-stem feminine singular nominative ending -u and Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (“feminine abstract ending”). Akin to Gothic feminine abstracts in -𐌴𐌹 (-ei) (compare 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 (mikilei, “greatness”); 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹 (diupei, “depth”)).
Suffix
-u f
- ending used to form abstract nouns from adjectives (compare Modern English -ness), normally causing i-mutation, and remaining even when preceded by a long syllable
- eald (“old”) + -u → ieldu (“age”)
- hāliġ (“holy, sacred; pious”) + -u → hāliġu (“holiness”)
- hāl (“sound, healthy, intact”) + -u → hǣlu (“wholeness, health”)
- hāt (“hot”) + -u → hǣtu (“heat, warmth”)
- mennisċ (“human, natural, humane”) + -u → mennisċu (“humanity”)
- miċel (“big, large; great”) + -u → miċelu (“greatness, size”)
Usage notes
According to Ringe and Taylor[1], this suffix began as indeclinable *-i in the singular and nominative/accusative plural, before the ō-stem feminine nominative singular was borrowed. In Anglian, the new ending was then extended to the rest of these forms. This same extension was not complete in Early West Saxon, but eventually won out in Late West Saxon. Spellings of these forms with -o, and rarely -a, reflect the merger of unstressed back vowels in later Old English
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *-u, from Proto-Germanic *-ō. Apocope should have caused the loss of this ending after heavy stems, but the Anglian dialects generally retained it by analogy with short stems, or for its morphological significance. In West Saxon, this apocope led to replacement with the subjunctive singular -e, which was then extended to short stem verbs as well.
Suffix
-u (Anglian)
- Used to form the first person singular present indicative of strong verbs and class I weak verbs
Etymology 3
From Proto-West Germanic *-u, from Proto-Germanic *-ō
Suffix
-u f
Etymology 4
From Proto-West Germanic *-u, from Proto-Germanic *-uz
Suffix
-u
- Used to form the nominative and accusative singular of short u-stem nouns
Etymology 5
From Proto-West Germanic *-u, from Proto-Germanic *-ō
Suffix
-u n
- Used to form the nominative and accusative plural of short a-stem and all ija-stem neuter nouns
Old French
Etymology
Suffix
-u
- suffixed used to form adjectives (oblique masculine singular) from nouns
Derived terms
Descendants
Phalura
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-u
- Masculine singular agreement suffix
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-u
- Masculine nominative/singular agreement suffix
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-u
- (sometimes archaic) forms the masculine dative singular, now used to create adverbs, always used in conjunction with po
- forms the inanimate masculine genitive singular after soft or historically soft stems
- (rare) forms the masculine dative singular in certain words
- forms the masculine locative singular
- forms the masculine vocative singular
- forms the feminine vocative singular after -ś and -ź
- forms the neuter dative singular in soft and velar stems
- forms the neuter locative singular in soft and velar stems
Derived terms
Further reading
- -u in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
preceding vowel | |||
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A / I | E / İ | O / U | Ö / Ü |
-ı | -i | -u | -ü |
Etymology 1
Accusative suffix.
Suffix
-u
Etymology 2
Possessive suffix.
Suffix
-u
Etymology 3
Derivative suffix.
Suffix
-u
- Form of -i after the vowels O / U.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh -u, from Proto-Brythonic *-oβ̃.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /i/
Suffix
-u
Usage notes
This suffix is mostly used where the vowel in the last syllable is a, ae, e, or y.[1]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 202 iii
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- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
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- Northern Sami terms inherited from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami lemmas
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- Northern Sami noun-forming suffixes
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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