# ū

| ū | U+016B, &#363; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON |
| Composition: | u [U+0075] + ◌̄ [U+0304] |
| ← Ū [U+016A] | Latin Extended-A | Ŭ → [U+016C] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

ū
* (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel u
* (international standards) transliterates Indic ऊ (or equivalent).

## English
### Symbol

ū
* (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the USE vowel; also an orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "tune".
* (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel
    Synonyms: ü, o͞o

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu (compare Maori ū, Tongan huhu) from Proto-Oceanic *susu (compare with Fijian sucu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu (compare with Malay susu), from Proto-Austronesian *susu (compare with Tagalog suso).

#### Noun

ū
* breast
* udder

##### Derived terms

* waiū (“breastmilk”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *su. Compare Tongan hū.

#### Verb

ū
* (stative) to drip
* (stative) moist, soaked, oozing

##### Derived terms

* hoʻoū, hoʻū (“to moisten, to soak or wet something”)

### References

* Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “huhu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ū”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of ū – see 有 (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 有).

## Japanese
### Romanization

ū
* Rōmaji transcription of うう
* Rōmaji transcription of うー
* Rōmaji transcription of ウー

## Latgalian
### Letter

ū (upper case Ū)
* The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Latvian
### Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uː]
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### Letter

ū (lower case, upper case Ū)
* The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
    burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uː/

### Letter

ū (upper case Ū)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u ilgoji and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /uː/

### Letter

ū (upper case Ū)
* The thirty-sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Maori
### Letter

ū (upper case Ū)
* The seventeenth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu (compare Hawaiian ū, Tongan huhu) from Proto-Oceanic *susu (compare with Fijian sucu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu (compare with Malay susu), from Proto-Austronesian *susu (compare with Tagalog suso).

#### Noun

ū
* breast
* udder, teat

##### Derived terms

* waiū (“breastmilk”)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

ū
* to strike home, to hit the mark (as of a weapon)
* to land (as of a vessel), to come ashore
* to comply
* (stative) to be firm, fixed, unyielding

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 569-70
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “huhu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Samogitian
### Letter

ū (upper case Ū)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ū and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, compare Tagalog ulo.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔuː/ [ˈʔuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Syllabification: ū

### Noun

ū (Sulat Sūg spelling اُوْ)
* head

#### Derived terms

* mag'ūan
* umūan
* ū bala'
* ū ista'
* ū-atay
* ūan
* ūanan
* ūhan