# uu
## Translingual
### Letter

uu (upper case UU)
* obsolete typography of w

### Further reading

* W on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Äiwoo
### Adverb

uu
* up above

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* u

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uː/

### Adverb

uu
* very
    I ha di uu gärn. ― I like you very much.

#### Synonyms

* seer
* mega (colloquial)

## 'Are'are
### Noun

uu
* louse

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Chayuco Mixtec
### Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ùwì.

### Numeral

uu
* two

#### Derived terms

* sahun uu
* usi uu

### References

* Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149

## Estonian
### Noun

uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuː/, [ˈuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: uu

### Etymology 1

From Latin ū.

#### Noun

uu
* The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

##### Declension

Possessive forms of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uuni
uuni
accusative
nom.
uuni
uuni
gen.
uuni
genitive
uuni
uideni uitteni
partitive
uutani
uitani
inessive
uussani
uissani
elative
uustani
uistani
illative
uuhuni
uihini
adessive
uullani
uillani
ablative
uultani
uiltani
allative
uulleni
uilleni
essive
uunani
uinani
translative
uukseni
uikseni
abessive
uuttani
uittani
instructive
comitative
—uineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uusi
uusi
accusative
nom.
uusi
uusi
gen.
uusi
genitive
uusi
uidesi uittesi
partitive
uutasi
uitasi
inessive
uussasi
uissasi
elative
uustasi
uistasi
illative
uuhusi
uihisi
adessive
uullasi
uillasi
ablative
uultasi
uiltasi
allative
uullesi
uillesi
essive
uunasi
uinasi
translative
uuksesi
uiksesi
abessive
uuttasi
uittasi
instructive
comitative
—uinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uumme
uumme
accusative
nom.
uumme
uumme
gen.
uumme
genitive
uumme
uidemme uittemme
partitive
uutamme
uitamme
inessive
uussamme
uissamme
elative
uustamme
uistamme
illative
uuhumme
uihimme
adessive
uullamme
uillamme
ablative
uultamme
uiltamme
allative
uullemme
uillemme
essive
uunamme
uinamme
translative
uuksemme
uiksemme
abessive
uuttamme
uittamme
instructive
comitative
—uinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uunne
uunne
accusative
nom.
uunne
uunne
gen.
uunne
genitive
uunne
uidenne uittenne
partitive
uutanne
uitanne
inessive
uussanne
uissanne
elative
uustanne
uistanne
illative
uuhunne
uihinne
adessive
uullanne
uillanne
ablative
uultanne
uiltanne
allative
uullenne
uillenne
essive
uunanne
uinanne
translative
uuksenne
uiksenne
abessive
uuttanne
uittanne
instructive
comitative
—uinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uunsa
uunsa
accusative
nom.
uunsa
uunsa
gen.
uunsa
genitive
uunsa
uidensa uittensa
partitive
uutaan uutansa
uitaan uitansa
inessive
uussaan uussansa
uissaan uissansa
elative
uustaan uustansa
uistaan uistansa
illative
uuhunsa
uihinsa
adessive
uullaan uullansa
uillaan uillansa
ablative
uultaan uultansa
uiltaan uiltansa
allative
uulleen uullensa
uilleen uillensa
essive
uunaan uunansa
uinaan uinansa
translative
uukseen uuksensa
uikseen uiksensa
abessive
uuttaan uuttansa
uittaan uittansa
instructive
comitative
—uineen uinensa :

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *uu, possibly from Proto-Uralic *uŋe.

#### Noun

uu (dialectal, rare)
* hole, nest

##### Declension

Possessive forms of uu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uuni
uuni
accusative
nom.
uuni
uuni
gen.
uuni
genitive
uuni
uideni uitteni
partitive
uutani
uitani
inessive
uussani
uissani
elative
uustani
uistani
illative
uuhuni
uihini
adessive
uullani
uillani
ablative
uultani
uiltani
allative
uulleni
uilleni
essive
uunani
uinani
translative
uukseni
uikseni
abessive
uuttani
uittani
instructive
comitative
—uineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uusi
uusi
accusative
nom.
uusi
uusi
gen.
uusi
genitive
uusi
uidesi uittesi
partitive
uutasi
uitasi
inessive
uussasi
uissasi
elative
uustasi
uistasi
illative
uuhusi
uihisi
adessive
uullasi
uillasi
ablative
uultasi
uiltasi
allative
uullesi
uillesi
essive
uunasi
uinasi
translative
uuksesi
uiksesi
abessive
uuttasi
uittasi
instructive
comitative
—uinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uumme
uumme
accusative
nom.
uumme
uumme
gen.
uumme
genitive
uumme
uidemme uittemme
partitive
uutamme
uitamme
inessive
uussamme
uissamme
elative
uustamme
uistamme
illative
uuhumme
uihimme
adessive
uullamme
uillamme
ablative
uultamme
uiltamme
allative
uullemme
uillemme
essive
uunamme
uinamme
translative
uuksemme
uiksemme
abessive
uuttamme
uittamme
instructive
comitative
—uinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uunne
uunne
accusative
nom.
uunne
uunne
gen.
uunne
genitive
uunne
uidenne uittenne
partitive
uutanne
uitanne
inessive
uussanne
uissanne
elative
uustanne
uistanne
illative
uuhunne
uihinne
adessive
uullanne
uillanne
ablative
uultanne
uiltanne
allative
uullenne
uillenne
essive
uunanne
uinanne
translative
uuksenne
uiksenne
abessive
uuttanne
uittanne
instructive
comitative
—uinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uunsa
uunsa
accusative
nom.
uunsa
uunsa
gen.
uunsa
genitive
uunsa
uidensa uittensa
partitive
uutaan uutansa
uitaan uitansa
inessive
uussaan uussansa
uissaan uissansa
elative
uustaan uustansa
uistaan uistansa
illative
uuhunsa
uihinsa
adessive
uullaan uullansa
uillaan uillansa
ablative
uultaan uultansa
uiltaan uiltansa
allative
uulleen uullensa
uilleen uillensa
essive
uunaan uunansa
uinaan uinansa
translative
uukseen uuksensa
uikseen uiksensa
abessive
uuttaan uuttansa
uittaan uittansa
instructive
comitative
—uineen uinensa :

##### Derived terms

* uupua
* uuttaa

##### Related terms

* uuma
* uumen
* ? uupua
* uuttu

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English who.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uː/

### Pronoun

uu
* (interrogative) who (asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question)
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 21:12:“Kom nyam brekfas,” Jiizas se tu dem. Bot non a dem neehn bier fies inof fi aks im se, “A uu yu?” kaa dem did nuo se a did di Laad.Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
* (relative) who (introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent)
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 2:19-20:Afta Erad ded, luk ya no: wan a di Laad ienjel dem no jriim Juozif wen im de a Iijip. 20Di ienjel se, “Git op, tek di pikni an im mada an gwaan a Izrel, kaa uu did a chrai fi kil di pikni, dem ded.”But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
** 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 23:Evribadi uu wok av di rait tu gud and fier pie fi mek shuor se im an im fambili a liv a laif we mek im fiil gud bout imself an se im wot sopm ina laif, an kyan get eni ada saat a pie, if im niid it, bai eni ada sopuot we sosaiyati kyan aafa.Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

### Further reading

* uu at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

uu
* Rōmaji transcription of うう

## Kapingamarangi
### Noun

uu
* (anatomy) breast

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuː/

### Interjection

uu
* Used to express impatience (the lengthier the more impatient).
    uu aqbad u mur! ― oh just go!!

#### Derived terms

* uwejja
* uwijja

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /w/

### Letter

uu
* Alternative form of w

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, compare Malay hiu.

### Noun

uu
* shark

## Tuvaluan
### Noun

uu
* (anatomy) breast

## Võro
### Noun

uu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uː]

### Noun

uu (possessed uudu)
* cassava bread

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “uu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 220, 388, 400: “d - udu' > dudu' 'his cassava' […] du:du - his cassava […] u: - casavva [sic]”
* de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “cassava (u)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
* Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 28: “u”