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

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аа аа, Аӏ аӏ, Ааӏ ааӏ, Ы ы, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъӏ гъӏ, Гъӏв гъӏв, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е, Ее ее, Еӏ еӏ, Ж ж, Жв жв, З з, Зв зв, И и, Ии ии, Иӏ иӏ, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Кв кв, Ккв ккв, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Ккъ ккъ, Къӏ къӏ, Ккъӏ ккъӏ, Къӏв къӏв, Ккъӏв ккъӏв, Кь кь, Кьв кьв, Л л, Лъ лъ, Ллъ ллъ, Лъв лъв, Ллъв ллъв, Лӏ лӏ, Лӏв лӏв, М м, Н н, О о, Оо оо, Оӏ оӏ, Ооӏ ооӏ, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Св св, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тв тв, У у, Уу уу, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хх хх, Хв хв, Ххв ххв, Хӏ хӏ, Хьӏ хьӏ, Ххьӏ ххьӏ, Хьӏв хьӏв, Ххьӏв ххьӏв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хъӏ хъӏ, Хъӏв хъӏв, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цӏ цӏ, Ццӏ ццӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Щ щ, Шв шв, Щв щв, Э э, Ээ ээ, Эӏ эӏ

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)

Ket

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔoGV.

Noun

уу (u:) n (plural о’ӈ)

1. meadow

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠤ (uu)	уу (uu)

Etymology

Possible cognate of юу (juu, “what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊː/
• Syllabification: уу (1 syllable)

Particle

уу • (uu)

1. final interrogative particle that creates yes-no questions

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of уу

back vowel	front vowel
уу (uu)	үү (üü)

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

Yakut

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уу

Wikipedia ^sah

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sïb, *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”)

Related terms

• утах (utaq, “thirst”)

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

• утуй (utuy, “to sleep”)
• уук (uuk, “drowsy”)
• уулаах (uulaaq, “drowsy”)