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ju

See also: Variations of "ju"

ju - English

Noun

ju (plural not attested)

  1. (Hong Kong, slang) Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.

Derived terms

ju - Albanian

From Proto-Albanian *ju(s) identical with Lithuanian jūs id., Gothic jūs id., English you. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ju/

Pronoun

ju (accusative ju, dative juve, ablative jush)

  1. you (plural or polite)

Declension

ju (2nd person plural)
nominative ju
ablative jush
full form clitic
accusative ju ju
dative juve ju
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
juaj juaji

ju - Bilua

Noun

ju

  1. water

ju - Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdʒuː/

Noun

ju

  1. manioc

ju - Dalmatian

Pronoun

ju

  1. (first person singular pronoun) I
    • Ju sai rau. ― I am sorry.

ju - Drehu

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ðu/

Noun

ju

  1. (anatomy) back

ju - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jy/

Interjection

ju

  1. Said to a horse to make it start moving.

ju - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ju]
  • Hyphenation: ju

Particle

ju

  1. the; used with des and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the first half of a coordinated comparative.

Coordinate terms

ju - Estonian

Adverb

ju

  1. Emphasises what is spoken, usually because it is already known and obvious to both parties.
    • Ma ju armastan sind.
      • I love you, isn't it obvious?
  2. apparently, probably
    • Ju ta tahab homme minna.
      • He probably wants to go tomorrow.

ju - Gothic

Romanization

ju

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌿

ju - Guaraní

Verb

ju (active, intransitive, irregular)

  1. to come (to move towards the speaker)

Conjugation

ju - Japanese

Romanization

ju

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゅ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ジュ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ぢゅ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヂュ

ju - Ladin

Adverb

ju

  1. down, below
  2. downstairs

ju - Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈju]

Pronoun

ju

  1. accusative of wóna
  • nju (after preposition)

ju - Mandarin

Romanization

ju

  1. Nonstandard spelling of jū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of jú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of jǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of jù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ju - Mazahua

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /w̥/

Letter

ju (upper case Ju)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

ju - Middle Dutch

Pronoun

ju

  1. (Flemish, Holland) accusative/dative of gi

ju - Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /juː(w)/

Pronoun

jû

  1. accusative/dative of gî: you

Declension

nominative accusative dative genitive
1st person singular ik (ek)mî (mê, mik, mek)mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular dûdî (dê, dik, dek)dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
m hê (hî, hie)ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)ēme, em (ȫme, en)sîn (sîner)
n it (et)
f sê (sî, sie, sü̂)ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural wî (wê, wie)uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)unser (ûser)
2nd person plural gî (jê, î)jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural sê (sî, sie)em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen)ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Determiner

jû

  1. your (plural)

Declension

nominative accusative dative genitive
Strong declension
Masculine jûjûwenjûwem(e) (jûwennote)jûwes
Neuter jû
Feminine jûwejûwer(e)
Plural jûwejûwenjûwer(e)
Weak declension
Masculine jûwejûwenjûwen
Neuter jûwe
Feminine jûwen
Plural jûwen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

ju - Old French

Noun

ju m (oblique plural jus, nominative singular jus, nominative plural ju)

  1. Alternative form of geu

ju - Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Pronoun

jū

  1. accusative/dative of jī

Inflection

singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hī hiū, hiō hit wī jī hiā
accusative mī thī hine hiā hit ūs jū, jō hiā
dative mī thī him hire, hiāre him ūs jū, jō him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

Descendants

  • North Frisian: juu
  • Saterland Frisian: jou, Jou
  • West Frisian: jo

ju - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ju/
  • Hyphenation: ju

Pronoun

ju (oblique hier)

  1. she

Alternative forms

Article

ju (unstressed de)

  1. feminine of die

ju - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ju/

Pronoun

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

  1. her (clitic accusative singular of òna (“she”))

Declension

Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
vocative — — — — — —
locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ju/

Interjection

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

  1. Used to express surprise.

ju - Shuar

Determiner

ju

  1. this, these

ju - Slovak

Alternative forms

  • ňu (after prepositions)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ju]

Pronoun

ju f

  1. accusative singular of ona

ju - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɵ/, /jʉ(ː)/

Adverb

ju

  1. Used to indicate an expectation of common understanding, or that what is said is an obvious fact – "as you well know," "of course."
    • Bussen går ju klockan tre.
      • The bus of course leaves at three o'clock / But the bus leaves at three o'clock (with an expectation that the second party in the conversation is aware of the fact)
    • Det var ju inte så bra att vi missade bussen. Nu hinner vi inte med flyget.
      • It wasn't great that we missed the bus, of course. Now we will miss the flight.

ju...desto

  1. the...the (when comparing)
    • Ju större, desto bättre.
      • The larger, the better.

Usage notes

Colloquially, desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a second ju: "Ju större, ju bättre."

ju - Wauja

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʐu/

Interjection

ju

  1. my dear(s), dearie (intimate yet very courteous term of address from one woman to another, esp. to a female sibling, close relative, or companion)
    • Hai, ju! Aya awauta apisun wiu. Ume eu. Aya awauta apisun wiu, ju. Hoona! Iseju, wi.
      • "Well, dear! Let's find ourselves a lover," she said. "Let's look for a lover for ourselves, my dear." "Agreed!" [said] her younger sister.
    • Pitsu neke, ju! uma pakai paiseju ipitsi. Pitsu neke, ju.
      • "Your turn now, dearie," the woman said to her younger sister. "Your turn, my dear."
    • Munyakawaka wi, kamwo putukawiu, naatsa kamwi eu whun. Hoona! Hai, ju! Aya waku wiu, ju! Hoona! uma pakai. Aya waku wi! Tuma ulepiu!
      • It began to be light, the sun showed itself, it was just here on the horizon. So! [The women said to one another:] "Hey there, my dear! Let's go to the riverside, dear!" "Yes, let's do!" came the reply. "Let's go to the river, indeed!" They began to make fresh manioc bread [to give their lover when they met him at the river's edge].
    • Ayama ju! Hoona! Iyapai otepo. Onupene otepoga akain! Eh! Ewetemewi, ju! Hokotawi tsiiiii!
      • "Let's go [visit the tree] once again, dear!" [the older sister said to the younger]. "All right!" [the younger sister agreed]. [They] went under [the tree]. They saw pequi fruit [on the ground] beneath [the tree]! "Ah! Let's taste it, dear!" [She] cut [it] open: tsiiiii! [sound of slicing open the fruit]

Usage notes

  • "My dear" is a rough translation of the term ju, as there is no counterpart in modern English. This is a traditional term of address between women who are speaking in a tone that is both intimate and gracious. It is simultaneously polite and tender, expressing feminine solicitude at its most comforting. Though this term was routinely used by well-spoken female elders in 1981, it was already beginning to be seen by young people as archaic. Older women would teach the anthropologist to use this lovely old term, and remark that young women nowadays no longer bothered to use it. Meanwhile, young female relatives within earshot typically would just giggle. A few decades later, it was rarely heard in daily speech, and more likely to be encountered in traditional stories. Note that it is not a kinship term, but more like a term of gender solidarity.

ju - Yale

Pronoun

ju

  1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)

ju - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒù/

Verb

jù

  1. (transitive) to throw

Usage notes

  • ju before a direct object

Derived terms

  • ìjù (“the act of throwing”)
  • jíjù (“throwing”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒù/

Verb

jù

  1. (transitive) to exceed, to surpass

Usage notes

  • ju before a direct object

Derived terms

  • ìjù (“the act of exceeding”)
  • àmì jíjù (“greater than sign '>'”)
  • rè (“to exceed in size or dimension”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒù/

Verb

jù

  1. (intransitive) to be worm-infested

Derived terms

  • ìju (“false pregnancy”)
Meaning and Definition of ju
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