-u

Suffix

-u

1. out, outwards; used to modify verb direction

Etymology 1

Perhaps from the Greek -ou imperative (pronounced [u]) of deponent verbs such as dekhou "receive!", or from the Hebrew imperative -û. It may instead—or also—be connected to the vowel of the Esperanto conditional suffix -us, minus the s of the indicative inflections.

Etymology 2

Apparently connected to the u at the end of unu (“one, a certain”).

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish -u.

Suffix

-u (genitive -u, partitive -u)

1. Derives nouns from verbs or prefixes

   jagama "to divide" → jagu "a part, a share"

   kaduma "to disappear" → kadu "loss, losing"

   sise- "inside" → sisu "content"

   pesema "to wash" → pesu "wash, washing"

Suffix

-u (front vowel harmony variant -y)

1. Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with e- and i-stem verbs.

   hyppiä (“to be jumping”) + ‎-u → ‎hyppy (“jump”)

   itkeä (“to cry”) + ‎-u → ‎itku (“cry(ing)”)

   pestä (“to wash”) + ‎-u → ‎pesu (“wash(ing)”)

   potkia (“to kick”) + ‎-u → ‎potku (“kick”)

   urheilla (“to practice sport”) + ‎-u → ‎urheilu (“sport”)

2. Derives a number of nouns from other nouns.

   silmä (“eye”) + ‎-u → ‎silmu (“bud”)

   sisä- (“inside”) + ‎-u → ‎sisu (“determination, perseverance”)

Etymology

From Latin -ūtus.^[1] Cognate to Italian -uto (as in barbuto) and Spanish -udo (as in barbudo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y/

Suffix

-u

1. Forming adjectives having the sense of ‘having quality of, being provided with’ (the root word).

   barbe (“beard”) + ‎-u → ‎barbu (“bearded”)

   ventre (“belly”) + ‎-u → ‎ventru (“pot-bellied, rounded”)

References

Romanization

-u

1. Romanization of -𐌿

Affix

-u (n-v^?, truncative^?, uses -j- as interfix^?)

1. be

   ilinniartitsisoq (“teacher”) -> ilinniartitsisiuuvugut (“we are teachers”) .

   Ukiuuvoq.

   It is winter.

   • 1998 May 7, "Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten

     Inatsisartunut ilaasortaq Jakob Sivertsen Atassummeersoq ilungersornertuujuvoq.

     MP Jakob Sivertsen, of Atassut, is diligent.

References

• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 275. Atuagkat 2003.
• Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 81, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• -u in Katersat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Suffix

-u

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.

   apa (“father”) → apu (“dad”)

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Etymology

Common vowel found in pronouns in Romance languages: French tu, Italian tu and Spanish tú, also in French vous and as an o in Italian voi and Spanish vos, etc. (Compare tu and vu)

Suffix

-u

1. suffix used to form pronouns indicating a person

   omna (“all, every”) + ‎-u → ‎omnu (“everyone”)

Alternative forms

• -h

Etymology

From Arabic ـهُ‎ (-hu).

Pronoun

-u m

1. him, it

Suffix

-u

1. Used in contractions with particles of possession to mean you

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-ō. Cognate with Finnish -o.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -o

Etymology

From suppletive fusion of Old English feminine ending -u, -o and Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (“feminine abstract ending”). Akin to Gothic feminine abstracts in -𐌴𐌹 (-ei) (compare 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 (mikilei, “greatness”); 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹 (diupei, “depth”)).

Suffix

-u f

1. ending used to form abstract nouns from adjectives (compare Modern English -ness), often causing i-mutation, and remaining even when preceded by a long syllable

   eald (“old”) + ‎-u → ‎ieldu (“age”)

   hāliġ (“holy, sacred; pious”) + ‎-u → ‎hāligu (“holiness”)

   hāl (“sound, healthy, intact”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣlu (“wholeness, health”)

   hāt (“hot”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣtu (“heat, warmth”)

   mennisc (“human, natural, humane”) + ‎-u → ‎menniscu (“humanity”)

   miċel (“big, large; great”) + ‎-u → ‎miċelu (“greatness, size”)

Suffix

-u

1. suffixed used to form adjectives (oblique masculine singular) from nouns