yoo

See also: yo̱ó and yooʼ

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juː/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

yoo

  1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjoː/
  • Hyphenation: yoo

Pronoun

yóo

  1. 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

  1. house

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *-jaːw. Cognate with Khasi ïohi.

Pronunciation

Verb

yoo

  1. to see

Southeastern Tepehuan

Verb

yoo

  1. past tense of yootaꞌ

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.

Noun

yoo

  1. 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’)

  1. 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)

  1. mosquito

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jóò/, /jóó/

Verb

yóò or yóó

  1. (auxiliary) will, shall
    Synonyms: á, máa, ń

Usage notes
  • A future and volition marker

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yòòʔ.

Noun

yoo

  1. moon
  2. 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

  1. earth, ground, soil

Derived terms

References
  • Stéphanie Villard (2015) The Phonology and Morphology of Zacatepec Eastern Chatino, University of Texas at Austin (PhD thesis), page 61
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