# seu
## Translingual
### Symbol

seu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Serui-Laut.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Serui-Laut terms

## Aromanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.

### Noun

seu n (plural seuri)
* animal fat, suet, tallow

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”). The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.
The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

#### Alternative forms

* sou (Alghero)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsew]

#### Pronoun

seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)
* his, her/hers, its
* their, theirs
* your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)

##### Usage notes

* When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
* The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.

##### Declension

$^1$ Behaves grammatically as plural.   $^2$ Behaves grammatically as third person. $^3$ Only as object of a preposition.   $^4$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

##### See also

* son
* llur

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sēdem.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛw]

#### Noun

seu f (plural seus)
* seat (of power or authority), center
    Synonym: central
* (Christianity) seat (of a bishop or pope), see
* (Christianity) cathedral

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Catalan sèu, from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

#### Alternative forms

* sèu (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɛw]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsəw]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsew]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)

#### Noun

seu m (plural seus)
* suet
* tallow
* sebum

#### References

* “seu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛw]

#### Verb

seu
* inflection of seure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* séu (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsew]

#### Verb

seu
* (colloquial Northern, Alghero) second-person plural present indicative of ser

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Rémois) suil

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin *solium.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /sø/

### Noun

seu m (plural seus)
* (Troyen) threshold

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Fijian
### Etymology

From (compare with Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Tahitian heu, Maori heu (“to separate, to clear”)).

### Verb

seu (seseu; seuta)
* to scratch
* to paw, to dig the ground
* to scoop

### References

* Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* Gatty, Ronald (2009) “seu, seuta”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 226

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛw], [ˈsew]

### Pronoun

seu m (masculine singular seu, masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)
* (possessive) his, hers, its
* (possessive) their

### See also

* Appendix:Galician pronouns

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seu”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seu”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.

### Noun

seu
* sky

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese céu.

### Noun

seu
* sky

## Latin
### Etymology

Apocope of sīve.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsei̯/, [ˈs̠ɛi̯]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsej/, [ˈsɛj]

### Conjunction

seu
* or
* either... or... (seu... seu...)

#### Descendants

* Romanian: sau

### References

* “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "seu", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /søː/

### Etymology 1

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).

#### Adjective

* his
* her
* its
* their

#### Pronoun

seu (invariable)
* Third-person singular possessive pronoun
** his
** hers
** its
* Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

##### Synonyms

* sò

#### See also

* mæ
* teu, tò
* nòstro
* vòstro

### Etymology 2

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

#### Noun

seu f (invariable)
* sister

#### See also

* fræ

## Nyishi
### Alternative forms

* su

### Noun

seu
* cattle, cow

#### References

* P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* seü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

### Participle

seu
* past participle of savoir

#### Descendants

* Middle French: sceu
** French: su

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin suus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛu̯/

### Pronoun

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)
* third-person singular possessive pronoun: his, her, its
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
    Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
       This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

#### Descendants

* Fala: sei
* Galician: seu
* Portuguese: seu

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sew/ [seʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sew/
* (São Miguel, Azores) IPA: [se]
* Hyphenation: seu

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

#### Pronoun

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)
* Third-person singular possessive pronoun. his; her; its
** 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 240:Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.
** 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 417:Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:[...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...][...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]
* Third-person plural possessive pronoun. their; theirs
* Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)
    Posso ficar em sua casa?Can I stay at your house?
* Second-person plural possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
* you (used before epithets for emphasis)
    Seu idiota!You idiot! (addressing one man)
    Suas idiotas.You idiots! (addressing a group of women)

##### Usage notes

* Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural) the possessor can often be ambiguous in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele (“his”) or dela (“hers”), placed after the possessee; or with deles (“theirs”) or delas for plural possessors.

##### Synonyms

* (your): teu, de você

##### See also

* ô

### Etymology 2

From senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

#### Noun

seu m (uncountable)
* (Brazil, familiar) mister (as a form of address)
    Synonyms: senhor, (Southern Portugal) tio
    Estive com o seu Luís ontem.I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

### Noun

seu n (plural seuri)
* animal fat
* suet
* tallow

#### See also

* soi, zoaie
* grăsime

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sew]

### Ideophone

seu
* wham, pow, snap, bam

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sew”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon