iu

See also: IU, -iu, -iú, and ỉu

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Inuktitut, from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inoktitot).

Symbol

iu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Inuktitut.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Inuktitut terms

Äiwoo

Pronoun

iu

1. I

References

• Næss, Åshild (2017), “iu”, in A short dictionary of Äiwoo (Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia; A-PL 35)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, page 47
• Ross, Malcolm; Næss, Åshild (December 2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[2], volume 46, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, pages 456–98

Aromanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin ubi. Compare the obsolete Romanian iuo. Compare also Megleno-Romanian iunde, Romanian unde and Istro-Romanian juva.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

iu

1. where

   D-iu esht?

   Where are you from?

Related terms

• iutsido / iutsãdo
• iuva

Bislama

Pronoun

iu

1. alternative form of yu

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu/

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• Rhymes: -iu
• Syllabification: i‧u

Determiner

iu (accusative singular iun, plural iuj, accusative plural iujn)

1. some
2. a : when necessary to express indefiniteness
   • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:

     Tio ne estas mia libro, sed ĝi estas iu libro.

     That is not my book, but it is a book.

   • 1995, Peter J. Benson, Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary, Esperanto League for North America, page 17:

     kvazaŭ iu saĝa Salomono

     like a wise Solomon

Derived terms

• iu ajn (“any”)

Pronoun

iu (plural iuj, accusative singular iun, accusative plural iujn)

1. someone, somebody
   • 1973 December 29, J. C. Kilburn, “Esperantistoj! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 10:

     Iu, kiu dezirus korespondi kun eksterlandaj gesamseksemuloj, bonvole skribu al […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• iu ajn (“anyone, anybody”)
• iutage (“one day, someday”)

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Further reading

• “iu”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “iu”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Gothic

Romanization

iu

1. romanization of 𐌹𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iu

1. Rōmaji transcription of いう

Leti

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

iu

1. shark

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

Verb

iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)

1. to drink

Derived terms

• iuder (“drinker”)
• iuoil (“drinkable, potable”, adjective)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [i̯u]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jiw/
• Bender phonemes: {yiw}

Noun

iu

1. coconut

Related terms

• ni (coconut tree)

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “iu”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[3]

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈyː/

Pronoun

iu

1. dative of ir

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.uː/

Adverb

iū

1. alternative form of ġeō

References

• Campbell, A[listair] (1959), Old English Grammar‎^[4], London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, § 58, page 25.

Old High German

Pronoun

iu

1. dative plural of ir

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• eu, iuu, giu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *iwwi, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a variant of *izwiz, whence also Old English ēow, Old High German iu.

Accusative and dative from of Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, (*iwwi).

Pronoun

iu

1. accusative/dative of gi

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

• Middle Low German: jû, jûw
  • Low German: ju, jug, jo, jau, u, ugg

Pijin

Alternative forms

• yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronoun

iu

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

See also

Pijin personal pronouns

		singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
	inclusive		iumitufala	iumitrifala	iumifala, iumi
2nd person		iu	iutufala	iutrifala	iufala
3rd person		hem	tufala	trifala	ol/olketa

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “iu”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 79

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu/

Pronoun

iu

1. alternative form of eu (“I”)

Tok Pisin

Pronoun

iu

1. alternative form of yu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔiw˧˧]

Verb

iu

1. (dialectal) eye dialect spelling of yêu, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese