# yu
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juː/
* Rhymes: -uː
* Homophones: you, yew, ewe

### Etymology 1

From Chinese 玉 (yù).

#### Noun

yu (countable and uncountable, plural yu)
* (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
** 1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, page 34:A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
* (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
** 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]
** 1826, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies:Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […]

### Etymology 2

See you.

#### Pronoun

yu
* Eye dialect spelling of you.

### Etymology 3

From Russian ю (ju).

#### Noun

yu (plural yus)
* The letter Ю, ю.

##### Translations
### See also

* yu choy
* yu sheng
* yu shiang
* yu toy

### Anagrams

* Uy

## Ama
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ju/

### Noun

yu
* mountain, hill

## Bargam
### Noun

yu
* Alternative form of yuw

### References

* Loanwords in Takia, in Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook (edited by Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor), page 761

## Belizean Creole
### Etymology

From English you.

### Pronoun

yu
* you (second-person singular pronoun)

### Determiner

yu
* your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

### References

* Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 379.

## Bislama
### Etymology

From English you. Cognate with Tok Pisin yu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈju/
* Hyphenation: yu

### Pronoun

yu
* thou, you (singular)

#### See also
### References

* Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Pronoun

yu
* Alternative spelling of you (“2nd person singular subject and object personal pronoun”)

## Duna
### Noun

yu
* water

### References

* Transnewguinea.org, citing Shaw (1973) (see Pacific Linguistics, edited by Karl James Franklin, 1973)

## Indonesian
### Noun

yu (plural yu-yu)
* older sister

## Jamaican Creole
### Pronoun

yu
* Alternative spelling of yuh

## Japanese
### Romanization

yu
* The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu) or the katakana syllable ユ (yu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Jarai
### Etymology

From Vietnamese dù.

### Noun

yu (classifier pŏk)
* parachute

## Kamula
### Noun

yu
* water

### References

* transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19
* Possible Cognates Between Kamula and Pa, chart 10, page 16, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, issues 17-20 (1990)

## Malalamai
### Noun

yu
* water

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* hiu (obsolete in Malay, standard in Indonesian)

### Etymology

From hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈju/ [ˈju]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: yu

### Noun

yu (Jawi spelling يو, plural yu-yu, informal 1st possessive yuku, 2nd possessive yumu, 3rd possessive yunya)
* A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
    Synonym: jerung
    Ikan yu ialah seekor haiwan akuatik yang sangat kuat gigitannya.The shark is an aquatic animal whose bites are very strong.

#### Compounds

* yu belak
* yu belangkas
* yu bengkong
* yu berui
* yu bodoh
* yu cercak
* yu cermangi
* yu cicak
* yu gergaji
* yu giling
* yu jaras
* yu jerih
* yu jerung
* yu kabut
* yu kecil
* yu kemejan
* yu kepak hitam
* yu kia
* yu manis
* yu mata jauh
* yu nipah
* yu palang
* yu parang
* yu pasir
* yu paus
* yu pendek
* yu pengajam
* yu pokah
* yu pulah
* yu punai
* yu putih
* yu rimau
* yu sambaran
* yu sanggul
* yu sanggul lintang
* yu sirip hitam
* yu tanduk
* yu tembaga
* yu tenggiri
* yu todak
* yu tokeh

### Further reading

* “yu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

yu
* Nonstandard spelling of yū.
* Nonstandard spelling of yú.
* Nonstandard spelling of yǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of yù.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mapudungun
### Noun

yu (Raguileo spelling)
* (anatomy) nose

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Middle English
### Pronoun

yu
* (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow

## Miskito
### Noun

yu
* sun
* day

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English you.

### Pronoun

yu
* you

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* yiu (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

Comes from Old Papiamentu "joego", from Spanish hijo. Compare and Kabuverdianu fidju "child" (ac Jacobs).

### Noun

yu
* child (of parents)

## Pijin
### Pronoun

yu
* Alternative form of iu

## Prasuni
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *ko < earlier *kawa. Compare Ashkun këvā, Kamkata-viri kavo, këvo, Waigali kavā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ju/ (tone class A)

### Noun

yu (Pronz)
* basket

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “yu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* i

### Etymology

From English you.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈju/
* IPA: /ˈi/

### Determiner

yu
* your

### Pronoun

yu
* you

### Descendants

* Aukan: yu
* >? Maroon Spirit Language: i
* Saramaccan: yu

## Swahili
### Verb

yu
* (dated or literary) positive degree present and gnomic third-person singular m class$_{(I)}$ of -wa (“he/she is”)
** (Can we date this quote?), “Umechoka Umesumbuka”:Mwambie Yesu sumbuko lako, yu rafiki aminiTell Jesus your trouble; [he] is a friend, trust it

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English u, the English name of the letter U/u.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ju/ [jʊ]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: yu
* Homophone: Yu

### Noun

yu (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter U/u, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet and the Abecedario) u

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

### Further reading

* “yu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* uy, Uy

## Tataltepec Chatino
### Pronoun

yu
* he

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English you.

### Pronoun

yu (personal)
* you (singular)
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:16:Na God i tokim man olsem, “Yu ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.→New International Version translation

#### See also
## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From English you.

### Pronoun

yu (personal)
* you (singular)

#### See also

* yutu
* yupla

## Unami
### Alternative forms

* yun

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ju]

### Pronoun

yu
* this (inanimate)

### See also

$^1$ Inaccessible to speaker, deceased

## Waskia
### Noun

yu
* water
* river

### References

* Waskia dictionary (SIL)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* yún
* jú (Ào)
* hú (Eastern Àkókó)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jú/

### Verb

yú
* (Ekiti, Idanre, Ondo, Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) to go
    Synonyms: lọ, rè
    Me è yú ― I will not go (Èkìtì)
    Ùwọ ó yú ín. ― It was you who went. (Ìkálẹ̀)

#### Derived terms

* yúbẹ̀ (“to go there”)

## Zacatepec Chatino
### Pronoun

yu
* they

#### Synonyms

* neʔ

## Zarma
### Noun

yu
* honey

### References

* David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)