Chuukese

Suffix

-u

1. out, outwards; used to modify verb direction

Esperanto

Etymology 1

Perhaps from the Greek -ou imperative (pronounced [u]) of deponent verbs such as dekhou "receive!", or from the Hebrew imperative -û. It may instead—or also—be connected to the vowel of the Esperanto conditional suffix -us, minus the s of the indicative inflections.

Suffix

-u

1. do [it]! (jussive inflection of verbs.)

   Parolu!‎ ― Speak!

Etymology 2

Apparently connected to the u at the end of unu ‎(“one, a certain”).

Suffix

-u

1. -one. (Ending of the individual correlatives.)

   kiu ‎(“what individual, who”)

   tiu ‎(“that individual, that one”)

   ĉiu ‎(“all individuals, everyone”)

   iu ‎(“some individual, someone”)

   neniu ‎(“no individual, nobody”)

   (nonce) aliu ‎(“another individual, someone else”)

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish -u.

Suffix

-u ‎(genitive -u, partitive -u)

1. Derives nouns from verbs or prefixes

   jagama "to divide" → jagu "a part, a share"

   kaduma "to disappear" → kadu "loss, losing"

   sise- "inside" → sisu "content"

   pesema "to wash" → pesu "wash, washing"

Derived terms

Finnish

Suffix

-u ‎(front vowel harmony variant -y)

1. Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with e- and i-stem verbs.

   hyppiä ‎(“to be jumping”) + ‎-u → ‎hyppy ‎(“jump”)

   itkeä ‎(“to cry”) + ‎-u → ‎itku ‎(“cry(ing)”)

   pestä ‎(“to wash”) + ‎-u → ‎pesu ‎(“wash(ing)”)

   potkia ‎(“to kick”) + ‎-u → ‎potku ‎(“kick”)

   urheilla ‎(“to practice sport”) + ‎-u → ‎urheilu ‎(“sport”)

2. Derives a number of nouns from other nouns.

   silmä ‎(“eye”) + ‎-u → ‎silmu ‎(“bud”)

   sisä- ‎(“inside”) + ‎-u → ‎sisu ‎(“determination, perseverance”)

Usage notes

The front-harmonic variant -y is only used when the first vowel of the word is one of the harmonic front vowels y, ä, ö; words beginning with neutral front vowels e, i take the back-harmonic variant.

Declension

See also

• -o
• -uu

French

Etymology

From Latin -uto, the ablative of -utus. ^[1] Cognate to Italian -uto (as in barbuto) and Spanish -udo (as in barbudo).

Suffix

-u

1. Forming adjectives having the sense of ‘having quality of, being provided with’ (the root word).

   barbe ‎(“beard”) + ‎-u → ‎barbu ‎(“bearded”)

   ventre ‎(“belly”) + ‎-u → ‎ventru ‎(“pot-bellied, rounded”)

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ -u, -ue; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert

Gothic

Romanization

-u

1. Romanization of -𐌿

Ido

Suffix

-u

1. suffix used to form pronouns indicating a person (not used on nouns)

   omna ‎(“all, every”) + ‎-u → ‎omnu ‎(“everyone”)

Derived terms

Maltese

Alternative forms

• -h

Etymology

From Arabic ـهُ ‎(-hu).

Pronoun

-u m

1. him, it

Usage notes

• Affixed to the verb directly:

qatel ‎(“he killed”) + ‎-u → ‎qatlu ‎(“he killed him”)

Related terms

• hu, huwa

Maori

Suffix

-u

1. Used in contractions with particles of possession to mean you

See also

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-ō. Cognate with Finnish -o.

Suffix

-u

1. Forms result or action nouns from verbs.

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Suffix

-u

1. Form of the suffix -i used with verbs in -ut.

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative forms

• -o

Suffix

-u f

1. ending used to form abstract nouns from adjectives (compare Modern English -ness), often causing i-mutation, and remaining even when preceded by a long syllable

   eald ‎(“old”) + ‎-u → ‎ieldu ‎(“age”)

   hāliġ ‎(“holy, sacred; pious”) + ‎-u → ‎hāligu ‎(“holiness”)

   hāl ‎(“sound, healthy, intact”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣlu ‎(“wholeness, health”)

   hāt ‎(“hot”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣtu ‎(“heat, warmth”)

   mennisc ‎(“human, natural, humane”) + ‎-u → ‎menniscu ‎(“humanity”)

   miċel ‎(“big, large; great”) + ‎-u → ‎miċelu ‎(“greatness, size”)

Declension

Usage notes

In later Old English, -u became -o and the declension altered to reflect the following paradigm

Old French

Suffix

-u

1. suffixed used to form adjectives (oblique masculine singular) from nouns

Derived terms

• boçu
• foillu

Descendants

• Middle French: -u
  • French: -u