ū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"
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Translingual
Usage notes
- It is usually used to denote long "u" or the middle tone of "u".
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter U): Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ ᵾ ᶙ ᴜ Uu Ꜷꜷ Ȣȣ ᵫ
- (Letters using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Maori ū.
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *su. Compare Tongan hū.
References
- “ū” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Japanese
Latgalian
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
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(key): [uː]
Maori
See also
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Hawaiian ū.
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of ū – see 有 (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”). (This character, ū, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 有.) |
Tausug
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