-u
Chuukese uredi
Etymology uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
Esperanto uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
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.
Suffix uredi
-u
Etymology 2 uredi
Apparently connected to the u at the end of unu (“one, a certain”).
Suffix uredi
-u
- -one. (Ending of the individual correlatives.)
Estonian uredi
Etymology uredi
Cognate with Finnish -u.
Suffix uredi
-u (genitive -u, partitive -u)
- Derives nouns from verbs or prefixes
Derived terms uredi
Finnish uredi
Etymology uredi
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Suffix uredi
-u (front vowel harmony variant -y)
- Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with e- and i-stem verbs.
- Derives a number of nouns from other nouns.
Usage notes uredi
The front-harmonic variant -y is only used when the first vowel of the word is one of the harmonic front vowels y, ä, ö; words beginning with neutral front vowels e, i take the back-harmonic variant.
Declension uredi
Inflection of -u (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | -u | -ut | |
genitive | -un | -ujen | |
partitive | -ua | -uja | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | -u | -ut | |
accusative | nom. | -u | -ut |
gen. | -un | ||
genitive | -un | -ujen | |
partitive | -ua | -uja | |
inessive | -ussa | -uissa | |
elative | -usta | -uista | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
adessive | -ulla | -uilla | |
ablative | -ulta | -uilta | |
allative | -ulle | -uille | |
essive | -una | -uina | |
translative | -uksi | -uiksi | |
instructive | — | -uin | |
abessive | -utta | -uitta | |
comitative | — | -uineen |
Possessive forms of -u (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -uni | -umme |
2nd person | -usi | -unne |
3rd person | -unsa |
Inflection of -u (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | -u | -ut | |
genitive | -un | -ujen -uiden -uitten | |
partitive | -ua | -uja -uita | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | -u | -ut | |
accusative | nom. | -u | -ut |
gen. | -un | ||
genitive | -un | -ujen -uiden -uitten | |
partitive | -ua | -uja -uita | |
inessive | -ussa | -uissa | |
elative | -usta | -uista | |
illative | -uun | -uihin | |
adessive | -ulla | -uilla | |
ablative | -ulta | -uilta | |
allative | -ulle | -uille | |
essive | -una | -uina | |
translative | -uksi | -uiksi | |
instructive | — | -uin | |
abessive | -utta | -uitta | |
comitative | — | -uineen |
Possessive forms of -u (type palvelu) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -uni | -umme |
2nd person | -usi | -unne |
3rd person | -unsa |
See also uredi
French uredi
Etymology uredi
From Latinski -ūtus.[1] Cognate to Italian -uto (as in barbuto) and Spanish -udo (as in barbudo).
Pronunciation uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
- Forming adjectives having the sense of ‘having quality of, being provided with’ (the root word).
Derived terms uredi
References uredi
- ↑ -u, -ue; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert
Gothic uredi
Romanization uredi
-u
- Romanization of -𐌿
Greenlandic uredi
Etymology uredi
Affix uredi
-u (n-v?, truncative?, uses -j- as interfix?)
- be
- ilinniartitsisoq (“teacher”) -> ilinniartitsisiuuvugut (“we are teachers”) .
- Ukiuuvoq.
- It is winter.
- 1998 May 7, "Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten
- 1992, "Meeqqakka", Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.
Usage notes uredi
May become additive after a strong q base.
References uredi
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 275. Atuagkat 2003.
- Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 81, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- -u in Katersat
Hungarian uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
- (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.
Derived terms uredi
See also uredi
Ido uredi
Etymology uredi
Common vowel found in pronouns in Romance languages: Francuski tu, Italijanski tu and Španski tú, also in Francuski vous and as an o in Italijanski voi and Španski vos, etc. (Compare tu and vu)
Suffix uredi
-u
Usage notes uredi
As it is used to form pronouns, you cannot use it to create nouns. Instead, to form an agent from an adjective like felica (“happy”), you just make it a noun: felico (“a happy person”).
Derived terms uredi
Maltese uredi
Alternative forms uredi
Etymology uredi
Suffix uredi
-u m
Related terms uredi
Maori uredi
Etymology uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
- Used in contractions with particles of possession to mean you
See also uredi
Northern Sami uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
From Proto-Samic *-ō. Cognate with Finnish -o.
Suffix uredi
-u
- Forms result or action nouns from verbs.
Usage notes uredi
This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection uredi
Even u-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -u | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -u | -ut | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -u | -ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ |
-ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -ui | -ūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -us | -ūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -ūin | -ūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -un | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms uredi
Etymology 2 uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
- Form of the suffix -i used with verbs in -ut.
Usage notes uredi
This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection uredi
Even u-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -u | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -u | -ut | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -u | -ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -u -ọ |
-ūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -ui | -ūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -us | -ūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -ūin | -ūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -un | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms uredi
Old English uredi
Alternative forms uredi
Etymology uredi
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 uredi
-u f
- 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”)
Declension uredi
Usage notes uredi
In later Old English, -u became -o and the declension altered to reflect the following paradigm
Old French uredi
Etymology uredi
Suffix uredi
-u
- suffixed used to form adjectives (oblique masculine singular) from nouns