ū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"
ū U+016B, ū
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
Composition:u [U+0075] + ̄ [U+0304]
Ū
[U+016A]
Latin Extended-A Ŭ
[U+016C]

Translingual

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The letter u with a macron.

Usage notes

  • It is usually used to denote long "u" or the middle tone of "u".

See also

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Maori ū.

Noun

ū

  1. breast
  2. udder
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *su. Compare Tongan .

Verb

ū

  1. (stative) to drip
  2. (stative) moist, soaked, oozing
Derived terms

References

  • “ū” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Japanese

Romanization

ū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of うー
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ウー

Latgalian

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.

See also

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]

Letter

Ū

ū (lower case, upper case Ū)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.

See also

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u ilgoji and written in the Latin script.

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /uː/

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Maori

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Hawaiian ū.

Noun

ū

  1. breast
  2. udder, teat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ū

  1. to strike home, to hit the mark (as of a weapon)
  2. to land (as of a vessel), to come ashore
  3. to comply
  4. (stative) to be firm, fixed, unyielding

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ū – see (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”).
(This character, ū, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

Samogitian

Letter

ū (upper case Ū)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ū and written in the Latin script.

See also

See also

Tausug

Noun

ū

  1. Alternative spelling of u
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