yoo
See also: yo̱ó and yooʼ
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juː/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Pronoun
yoo
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjoː/
- Hyphenation: yoo
Pronoun
yóo
- Full form of yó
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Isthmus Zapotec
Noun
yoo
- house
Pnar
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *-jaːw. Cognate with Khasi ïohi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jo/
Verb
yoo
- to see
Southeastern Tepehuan
Verb
yoo
- past tense of yootaꞌ
Teposcolula Mixtec
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.
Noun
yoo
- moon
Derived terms
- yocanayoo
- yondij
- yoo dzavua
- yoo ninachitu
- yooninacuvuindaa
- yoo nina yodzo
- yoonindoto
- yoo ninduvui nee
- yoo ninoo cuvui
- yoo ninu quaa cuhua
- yooninuundaa
- yoo quanduvuidzuchi
- yoo yeq
- yoo ñañu
- yosihi yoo
- yosino yoo
- yotnoo
- yo ya hi yoo
References
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 140v
Western Apache
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *yu·ʔ. Cognates include Navajo yooʼ, Chiricahua yoo, Lipan yoo, Plains Apache zhoo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jòː]
Noun
yoo (possessed form -yo’)
- bead, beads
- shiyo’ ― my beads
- biyo’ ― her/his/their beads
Usage notes
The form yoo is occurs in the San Carlos varieties; yoo’ occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).
Wolof
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔː/
Audio (file)
Noun
yoo (definite form yoo wi)
- mosquito
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- yíò, yíó
- óò
- ó
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jóò/, /jóó/
Verb
yóò or yóó
- (auxiliary) will, shall
- Synonyms: á, máa, ń
Usage notes
- A future and volition marker
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.
Noun
yoo
- moon
- month
Derived terms
- jaꞌa yoo
- xini yoo
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93
Zacatepec Chatino
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joː/
Noun
yoo
- earth, ground, soil
Derived terms
- laʔa yoo
- yaka yoo
References
- Stéphanie Villard (2015) The Phonology and Morphology of Zacatepec Eastern Chatino, University of Texas at Austin (PhD thesis), page 61