uu

See also: UU, Uu, .uu, .u'u, -uu, ûu, ũu, üü, w, and W

Translingual

Letter

uu (upper case UU)

  1. obsolete typography of w

Further reading

English

Noun

uu (plural uus)

  1. unitarian universalist

'Are'are

Noun

uu

  1. louse

References

Aiwoo

Adverb

uu

  1. up above

References

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uː/

Adverb

uu

  1. very
    I ha di uu gärn. ― I like you very much.

Synonyms

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ùwì.

Numeral

uu

  1. two

Derived terms

References
  • Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149

Estonian

Noun

uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U.

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuː/, [ˈuː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Syllabification(key): uu

Etymology 1

From Latin ū.

Noun

uu

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U.
Declension
Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative uu uut
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
illative uuhun uihin
singular plural
nominative uu uut
accusative nom. uu uut
gen. uun
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
inessive uussa uissa
elative uusta uista
illative uuhun uihin
adessive uulla uilla
ablative uulta uilta
allative uulle uille
essive uuna uina
translative uuksi uiksi
instructive — uin
abessive uutta uitta
comitative — uineen
Possessive forms of uu (type maa)
possessor singular plural
1st person uuni uumme
2nd person uusi uunne
3rd person uunsa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *uŋe.

Noun

uu

  1. (dialectal, rare) hole, nest
Declension
Inflection of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative uu uut
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
illative uuhun uihin
singular plural
nominative uu uut
accusative nom. uu uut
gen. uun
genitive uun uiden
uitten
partitive uuta uita
inessive uussa uissa
elative uusta uista
illative uuhun uihin
adessive uulla uilla
ablative uulta uilta
allative uulle uille
essive uuna uina
translative uuksi uiksi
instructive — uin
abessive uutta uitta
comitative — uineen
Possessive forms of uu (type maa)
possessor singular plural
1st person uuni uumme
2nd person uusi uunne
3rd person uunsa

Japanese

Romanization

uu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うう

Kapingamarangi

Noun

uu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [uː]

Noun

uu

  1. cassava bread

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “uu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980), “cassava (u)”, in ,  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 28

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /w/

Letter

uu

  1. Alternative form of w

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, compare Malay hiu.

Noun

uu

  1. shark

Tuvaluan

Noun

uu

  1. (anatomy) breast

Võro

Noun

uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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