уу

See also: юу, ую, -уу, yy, and Appendix:Variations of "uu"

Archi

Letter

уу (uu) (lower case, upper case Уу)

  1. The sixty-eighth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sïb, *sub (water). Compare Yakut уу (uu, water).

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. water

References

  • Н. М. Артемьев, 'Долганский язык' (2001)

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠤ
(uu)
уу
(uu)

Etymology

Possible cognate of юу (juu, what).

Pronunciation

Particle

уу • (uu)

  1. final interrogative particle that creates yes-no questions

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • юу (juu) following a vowel

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āg (net).

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. net

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āb (hunt)

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. hunt (with net)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *āgu (poison). See Also оо (oo).

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. poison

Derived terms

  • уулу (uulu)

References

  • Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1591
  • Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1694

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “уу”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sɨb, *sub (water). Compare cognates Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (sub, water), Bashkir һыу (hıw, water), Kyrgyz суу (suu, water), Turkish su (water).

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. water
Derived terms
  • ньулуун уу (nyuluun uu, fresh water)
  • туустаах уу (tuustaaq uu, salt water)
  • уу дьулай (uu julay, fontanelle, soft spot)
  • уулаах (uulaaq, watery)
  • ууһут (uuhut, swimmer)
  • харах уута (qaraq uuta, tear, teardrop)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ū (sleep). Compare cognates Old Turkic 𐰆 (u, sleep), Karakhanid [script needed] (ū, sleep).

Noun

уу • (uu)

  1. sleep
Derived terms
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