ū

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The letter u with a macron.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Maori ū.

Noun

ū

1. breast
2. udder

Verb

ū

1. (stative) to drip
2. (stative) moist, soaked, oozing

Romanization

ū

1. Rōmaji transcription of うう
2. Rōmaji transcription of うー
3. Rōmaji transcription of ウー

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uː]

Letter

Ū

ū (lower case, upper case Ū)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u ilgoji and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Hawaiian ū.

Etymology 2

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ū and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž