iu

See also: IU, Iu, .iu, -iu, and -iú

Translingual

Symbol

iu

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

Aiwoo

Pronoun

iu

I

References

Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Aromanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

iu

where
D-iu esht?
Where are you from?

Related terms

iutsido / iutsãdo
iuva

Bislama

Pronoun

iu

Alternative form of yu

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Determiner

iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)

some
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

iu ajn (“any”)

Pronoun

iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)

someone, somebody

Derived terms

iu ajn (“anyone, anybody”)
iutage (“one day, someday”)

Gothic

Romanization

iu

Romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iu

Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti (Indonesia)

Etymology

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

Noun

iu

shark

Manx

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to drink

Derived terms

iuder (“drinker”)
iuoil (“drinkable, potable”, adj)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [i̯u]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /jiw/
Bender phonemes: {yiw}

Noun

iu

coconut

Related terms

ni (coconut tree)

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Old High German

Pronoun

iu

dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

eu, iuu, giu

Etymology

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

Pronoun

iu

accusative/dative of gi

Descendants

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

Pijin

Alternative forms

yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

you (second person singular pronoun)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

eu, jeu
jù, jò (possibly with external influence)

Etymology

Variant of eu, jù, jò, possibly due to influence of Italian io, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʊ/
Hyphenation: ì‧u

Pronoun

iu

(first person singular pronoun) I
iu sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu. ― I can read Sicilian.

Usage notes

In Sicilian speaking this pronoun can be postponed with respect to verb.
In some dialects it can also become an emphasizing enclitic particle
Ju ci parrai-ju
I talked to him.

Inflection

nominative	iu
prepositional	mìa
accusative	mi
dative	mi
reflexive	mi

Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

Alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]

Verb

iu

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