vu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vu"

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) you, you all, ye

Related terms

• voi

See also

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• nu
• jali, jale

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: vu

Noun

vu

1. alternative form of vuo

Fijian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun.

Noun

vū

1. bottom
2. basis
3. root (tuberous)

   Synonym: (fibrous) waka

Verb

vū

1. to begin; to originate; to be the basis or origin of

Derived terms

• vakavuna
• vuna

French

Etymology

Past participle of voir. Inherited from Old French veü, from earlier vedüt, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *vidūtus in place of Latin vīsus. Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vy/

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• Homophones: vue, vues, vus
• Hyphenation: vu

Participle

vu (feminine vue, masculine plural vus, feminine plural vues)

1. past participle of voir

   J’ai vu ce film.

   I’ve seen this film.

Derived terms

• déjà-vu

Preposition

vu

1. given (based on)

   Vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !

   Given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!

Usage notes

As a preposition, vu is invariable, never agreeing with the element it precedes.

Derived terms

• au vu de
• au vu et au su de
• vu que

Further reading

• “vu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French vous, Italian voi, Spanish vos, Russian вы (vy), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, with the Ido ending +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/

Pronoun

vu (plural vi)

1. (formal) you (singular)

Synonyms

• tu (informal)

Derived terms

• vua
• vuo
• vui
• via
• vio
• vii

See also

Personal pronouns in Ido

		singular			plural
		nominative	possessive		nominative	possessive
			singular	plural		singular	plural
first person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
second person	formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	familiar	tu	tua	tui
third person	masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui

• The possessive plurals are seldom used.
• The shortened forms are preferred.
• The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Italian

Alternative forms

• vi

Etymology

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: vù

Noun

vu f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.; vee

Derived terms

• doppia vu
• tivù

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Japanese

Romanization

vu

1. The hiragana syllable ゔ (vu) or the katakana syllable ヴ (vu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ʔu¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃶ (vu), Burmese အူ (u).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɤ³³]

Noun

vu

1. (Yao'an) intestines

Miji

Noun

vu

1. (Western or Eastern) water

References

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011); see also Roger Blench, The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification (2015)
• ASJP

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• वु (Devanagari script)
• ৰু (Bengali script)
• වු (Sinhalese script)
• ဝု (Burmese script)
• วุ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຸ (Lao script)
• វុ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly extracted from saṃvuta, or more likely from the expected but unattested Pali present stem development *vuṇāti of Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇoti).

Noun

vu m

1. The Pali root var

   Synonym: vara

   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.

Prasuni

Etymology

From earlier *vřu, from Proto-Nuristani *upařota, derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwtas. Compare Ashkun ẓo, Kamkata-viri řu, Waigali vřu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβu/ (tone class B)

Noun

vu (Pronz)

1. intestines

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

vu (Cyrillic spelling ву) (Kajkavian)

1. in, at [with locative]
2. to, into [with accusative]
3. on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time) [with accusative]
4. in, during (in expressions concerning time) [with locative]

Synonyms

• u, v, f

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧] ~ [jʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誣.

Verb

vu

1. to slander, to libel

Derived terms

• vu cáo
• vu khống
• vu oan

Etymology 2

Romanization

vu

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蕪

Derived terms

• hoang vu