ui
التعريفات والمعاني
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch ui.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /œi̯/, [ʊ̟i̯]
=== Noun ===
ui (plural uie, diminutive uitjie)
onion
Synonym: uintjie
== 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/
Hyphenation: ui
Rhymes: -œy̯
=== Noun ===
ui m (plural uien, diminutive uitje n)
onion (Allium cepa)
Synonym: ajuin
Hypernym: look
(informal) Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: ui
=== Further reading ===
ui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
Rhymes: -ui
Syllabification(key): ui
Hyphenation(key): ui
==== Interjection ====
ui
alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈui̯/, [ˈui̯]
Rhymes: -ui
Syllabification(key): ui
Hyphenation(key): ui
==== Verb ====
ui
third-person singular present/past indicative of uida
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈui̯ˣ/, [ˈui̯(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ui
Syllabification(key): ui
Hyphenation(key): ui
==== Verb ====
ui
inflection of uida:
present active indicative connegative
second-person singular present imperative
second-person singular present active imperative connegative
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʊɪ̯/
=== Interjection ===
ui
An exclamation of surprise, joy, excitement, or admiration.
An exclamation of worry or lament.
An exclamation of pondering.
Synonym: hmm
=== Further reading ===
“ui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“ui” in Duden online
== Greenlandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Nuuk) IPA(key): /ui/, [u.ʷɪ]
=== Noun ===
ui (plural uit)
husband
==== Declension ====
== Hokkien ==
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
An onomatopoeia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈuji]
Hyphenation: ui
Rhymes: -ji
=== Interjection ===
ui
oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)
==== Derived terms ====
uizik
=== See also ===
röf
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
ui
Rōmaji transcription of うい
== Khumi Chin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy. Cognates include Zou ui and Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔui̯˥/
=== Noun ===
ui
dog
=== References ===
K. E. Herr (2011), The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 47
== Kiowa ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /uj/
=== Letter ===
ui (upper case Ui)
A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.
==== Usage notes ====
Like u, Kiowa ui occurs only after the velar consonants g̶, g, k, kʼ.
=== See also ===
(Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉
== Mizo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.
=== Noun ===
ui
dog
=== References ===
Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898
== Murui Huitoto ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognates include Minica Huitoto ui and Nüpode Huitoto ui.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈui̯]
Hyphenation: ui
=== Root ===
ui
eye
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uj
Hyphenation: ui
=== Interjection ===
ui!
used to comment on a close call
==== Descendants ====
Macanese: ui-di
=== Further reading ===
“ui”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ui”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Pumé ==
=== Alternative forms ===
vi
=== Noun ===
ui
water
=== 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 ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Tahitian uʻi. Related to Māori uki.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈu.i/
Hyphenation: u‧i
=== Noun ===
ui
generation
=== References ===
Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
== Romanian ==
=== Verb ===
a ui (third-person singular present uiește, past participle uit) 4th conjugation
obsolete form of vui
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
ui in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
== Sinacantán ==
=== Noun ===
ui
water
=== References ===
Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
== Tarao ==
=== Noun ===
ui
alternative spelling of uy (“dog”)
=== References ===
== Tedim Chin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwiy.
=== Noun ===
ui
dog
=== References ===
Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
== Wauja ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈu.wi/
=== Noun ===
ui
snake, serpent
=== 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
=== Noun ===
ui?
dog
=== References ===
Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41