# juu
## Finnish
### Etymology

Variant of joo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjuː/, [ˈjuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: juu

### Interjection

juu (colloquial)
* yeah, yes

#### Synonyms

* (echo response)
* kyllä
* (colloquial) joo

### Further reading

* “juu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* uju

## Iquito

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.For other Iquito entries on this topic, see Greetings.

### Interjection

juu
* hello, hi

### References

* Cabeceras Aid Project, Diccionario Bilingüe Iquito – Castellano

## Jamaican Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒuː/

### Etymology 1

Derived from English due.

#### Adjective

juu
* due; owing or owed
** 2019, “Recognize Patois As An Official Language; Says UWI”, in JamaicanInsider.com‎:Juu tu ou Jamiekan a di wan langwij we bring evri Jamiekan tugeda;Due to how Jamaican is the language that brings all Jamaicans together;

### Etymology 2

Derived from English dew.

#### Noun

juu (plural juu dem, quantified juu)
* dew, drizzle
** 2021, “Wa Wi Kyan Lorn Fram Di Sitn Dem We Wi Si Iina Di Sang We Jeuova Did Tel Muoziz Fi Rait?”, in JW.org‎:Di sitn dem we wi a tiich piipl komiin laik juu pan graas.The things we teach people are like [as numerous as] dew drops on the grass.

#### Further reading

* juu at majstro.com

## Middle English
### Noun

juu
* Alternative form of Jew

## North Frisian
### Pronoun

juu
* (Sylt) Object case of i: you, you all, yourselves

#### Alternative forms

* jam (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

### Determiner

juu (invariable)
* (Sylt) your, all of your (second-person plural possessive determiner)

#### Alternative forms

* jau (Föhr-Amrum), jarnge (Mooring)

### Pronoun

juu (plural juuen)
* (Sylt) yours, all of yours (second-person plural possessive pronoun)

#### Alternative forms

* jau (Föhr-Amrum), jarnge (Mooring)

### See also

| | | personal | personal | personal | personal | possessive | possessive | possessive |
| | | subject case | subject case | object case | object case | singular referent | plural referent | plural referent |
| | | full | reduced | full | reduced | singular referent | attributive | independent |
| singular | 1st | ik | 'k | mi | mi | min | min | minen |
| singular | 2nd | dü | – | di | di | din | din | dinen |
| singular | 3rd m. | hi | 'r | höm | 'n | sin | sin | sinen |
| singular | 3rd f. | jü | 's | höör | 's | höör | höör | höören |
| singular | 3rd n. | hat | et, 't | höm | et, 't | sin | sin | sinen |
| dual | 1st | wat | wat | unk | unk | unk | unk | unken |
| dual | 2nd | at | at | junk | junk | junk | junk | junken |
| dual | 3rd | jat | jat | jam | 's | jaar | jaar | jaaren |
| plural | 1st | wü | wü | üüs | üüs | üüs | üüs | üüsen |
| plural | 2nd | i | i | juu | juu | juu | juu | juuen |
| plural | 3rd | ja | 's | jam | 's | jaar | jaar | jaaren |
| notes | notes | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. |

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adverb

juu
* up, above (away from earth's centre)
* (by extension) about

#### Antonyms

* chini

### Noun

juu class IX (no plural)
* top, upper part

#### Derived terms

* juu ya (“concerning, regarding”)

### Adjective

-a juu (invariable)
* high

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hʷuː]

### Noun

juu
* hair (of the head)

#### Related terms

* ju'jö

### References

* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hu:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
* Hall, Katherine (2007) “hū”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021