uku

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Ukue. === Symbol === uku (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ukue. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ukue terms == Balinese == === Etymology === Unknown === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uku/ Hyphenation: u‧ku === Noun === uku (Balinese script ᬳᬸᬓᬸ) salt == Greenlandic == === Pronunciation === (Nuuk) IPA(key): /uku/, [u.kʊ] === Particle === uku plural of una, a hyphenated or assimilated enclitic which denotes to be. e.g. tuttunuku They are reindeers. e.g. inuit-uku? Are they humans? === Pronoun === uku they them these their == Hausa == === Etymology === Cognate with Bura kwan, Goemai kun, Beele kunu, Bole kúnūː, Kirfi kúnū, Galambu kūːn, Gera kùnú, Deno kúnú, Duwai kô, Ngamo kùnû, Karekare kūnù, Tal ƙún. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔú.kù/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔʊ́.kʷʊ̀] === Numeral === ukù f three == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *utu, from Proto-Oceanic *utuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Māori utu, Malay untung). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.ku/ === Noun === uku payment, reward, prize, commission, compensation === References === Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “uku”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === From Hawaiian ʻuku (“louse, flea”). === Noun === uku head lice == Japanese == === Romanization === uku Rōmaji transcription of うく == Kwoma == === Noun === uku water === References === transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 == Limos Kalinga == === Noun === ukú knife == Maore Comorian == === Noun === uku class 11 (plural mauku class 6) night === References === “uku” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008. == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *uku (“to scour, to wipe”) (compare with Samoan uʻu (“to smear, to annoint”), Tongan ukuʻi (“to wash”)), (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuku/ [ˈʉkʉ] === Noun === uku clay pottery soap === References === === Further reading === “uku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Mende (New Guinea) == === Noun === uku water === References === transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Initial dropping of vuku, a metaphony of viku, from the oblique singular form of Old Norse vika f (“week”). From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. A similar process seems to have taken place with Old English wucu. Akin to English week. === Noun === uku f (dialectal, Orkdal) alternative form of veke === References === Ivar Aasen (1850), “Uku”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[3] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000 == Prasuni == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hankrás (“bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”). === Noun === uku (Pronz) shoulder === References === == Quechua == === Noun === uku alternative spelling of ukhu ==== Declension ==== == Taíno == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === uku earth, soil, terrain === References === == Ternate == === Etymology === From Proto-North Halmahera *uku (“fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.ku/ === Noun === uku fire === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Tidore == === Etymology === From Proto-North Halmahera *uku (“fire”). === Noun === uku fire == Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === u- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) +‎ kú (“to die”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ū.kú/ ==== Noun ==== ukú (Ekiti, Ijebu) death ===== Alternative forms ===== ikú === Etymology 2 === u- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kù (“to grumble”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ū.kù/ ==== Noun ==== ukù (Ikalẹ, Ijebu, Ekiti, Usẹn) Ìkálẹ̀ and Ìjẹ̀bú form of ikùn (“stomach”)