# ui
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch ui.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /œj/, [ʊ̟i̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)
* onion
    Synonym: uintjie

## Dutch
### Etymology

From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /œy̯/
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* Hyphenation: ui
* Rhymes: -œy̯

### Noun

ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)
* onion, Allium cepa
    Synonym: ajuin
* (informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.

#### Derived terms

* bosui
* lente-ui
* plantui
* pootui
* stengelui
* winterui
* zaaiui
* zilverui
* zo gek als een ui

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: ui

### Further reading

* ui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Etymology 1
#### Interjection

ui
* Alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
* Rhymes: -ui
* Hyphenation: ui

#### Verb

ui
* third-person singular present/past indicative of uida

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ui
* Hyphenation: ui

#### Verb

ui
* inflection of uida:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʊɪ̯/

### Interjection

ui
* An exclamation of surprise, joy, excitement, or admiration.
* An exclamation of worry or lament.
* An exclamation of pondering.
    Synonym: hmm

### Further reading

* “ui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “ui” in Duden online

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /ui/, [u.ʷɪ]

### Noun

ui (plural uit)
* husband
** 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 4–5:Potterip nulia Dursleyp nulia qatannigutigaa ukiorpassuarni takusimanngisaa. Dursleyp nulia qatannguteqanngitsutut pissusilersortarpoq, qatanngutaami taanna uialu atorsinnaanngitsoq ilaqutariit Dursleykkunnut nallersuussinnaanngillat.Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.

#### Declension
## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of ui – see 威 (“pomp; power; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 威).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuji]
* Hyphenation: ui
* Rhymes: -ji

### Interjection

ui
* oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)

#### Derived terms

* uizik

### See also

* röf

## Japanese
### Romanization

ui
* Rōmaji transcription of うい

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔui̯˥/

### Noun

ui
* dog

### References

* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 47

## Kiowa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uj/

### Letter

ui (upper case Ui)
* A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

#### Usage notes

Like u, Kiowa ui occurs only after the velar consonants g̶, g, k, kʼ.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

## Mizo
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

### Noun

ui
* dog

### References

* Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈui̯]
* Hyphenation: ui

### Root

ui
* eye

#### Derived terms

* uizɨ

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈuj/ [ˈuɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈuj/

### Interjection

ui!
* used to comment on a close call

#### Descendants

* Macanese: ui-di

## Pumé
### Alternative forms

* vi

### Noun

ui
* water

### References

* Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 234
* Anuario (1964), volume 1, page 340: en yaruro ui 'agua'

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Maori uki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.i/
* Hyphenation: u‧i

### Noun

ui
* generation

### References

* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

## Romanian
### Verb

a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conjugation
* Obsolete form of vui.

#### Conjugation
### References

* ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Sinacantán
### Noun

ui
* water

### References

* Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

## Tarao
### Noun

ui
* Alternative spelling of uy (dog).

### References

* 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN:

## Tedim Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

### Noun

ui
* dog

### References

* Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

## Wauja
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.wi/

### Noun

ui
* snake, serpent
    Punupa ui outsa!Look out for the snake!

### References

* E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.

## Zou
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ùj/
* Hyphenation: ui

### Noun

ui
* dog

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41