ui
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œj/, [ʊ̟i̯]
Audio (file)
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(key): /œy̯/
- (Belgium)
Audio (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
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
ui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
- Rhymes: -ui
- Syllabification(key): ui
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ui
- Syllabification(key): ui
Verb
ui
- inflection of uida:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /u.ʷi/
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
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuji]
- Hyphenation: ui
- Rhymes: -ji
Derived terms
- uizik
See also
Khumi Chin
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Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔui̯˥/
Min Nan
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Mizo
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.
References
- Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈui̯]
- Hyphenation: ui
Derived terms
Portuguese
Descendants
- Macanese: ui-di
Pumé
Alternative forms
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.i/
- Hyphenation: u‧i
Romanian
Verb
a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conj.
- Obsolete form of vui.
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Sinacantán
References
- Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
Tarao
References
- 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN:
Tedim Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.
References
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Wauja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.wi/
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(key): /ùj/
- Hyphenation: ui
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41