u-

(subject marker for tense modifying pronouns) I


u-

u- + stoupit (“step”) → ustoupit (“yield”)

(inchoative)
(telicity)
added to mean a bit

u- + vidět (“see”) → uvidět (“catch sight out of”)

u- + lít (“pour”) → ulít (“pour off a little”)

u- + kašlat (“have a cough”) → ukašlat se (“die of coughing”)

u- + smát se (“laugh”) → usmát se (“die of laughing”)

u- + trápit se (“grieve”) → utrápit se (“die of grief”)

(u- + imperfective base + se) intensification: until exhaustion, expressing final stage of a process. (collocates with k smrti (“to death”))

u- + řeknout (“say once”) → uřeknout (“misspeak, say unintentionally once”)

(on perfective verbs) unintentionally, inadvertently, by mistake

u- + zvednout (“lift”) → uzvednout (“be able to lift”)

u- + nést (“carry”) → unést (“be able to carry”)

(root modality) [i.e., deontic + dynamic modality: ability, obligation, permission, readiness]

u- + šetřit (“to save”) → ušetřit (“to save up”)

ušetřit peníze.

Inherited from Old Czech u-, from Proto-Slavic *u-. Doublet of ú-.


u-

in-, un-, non-; (prefix meaning not, reversing the meaning)

From Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *né (“not”). Doublet of a-.


u-

u- + dibaia (“to spear”) → udibaia (“you (pl.) speared it”)

marks the second-person plural subject on a verb


u-

you singular (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)


u-

you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.


u-

Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


u-

an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"


u-

flaks → uflaks

luck → bad luck

vêr → uvêr
weather → severe weather

tid → utid
time → inconvenient time

used to create an undesired version of the following noun

tal → utal
number → huge number

used to strengthen/intensify the following noun

From Old Norse ú- or ó-, English un-, German un-. With the intensifying function probably influenced by ov-.


u-

u- + wiązać → uwiązać

Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *u-
Old Polish u-
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u-.


u-

u- + łatwy → ułatwiać

appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make

u- + bóść → ubóść

u- + lać → ulać

u- + iść → ujść

u- + ciągnąć → uciągnąć

u- + rzucić → urzucić

(rare) added to mean successfully, often without an imperfective counterpart

Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *u-
Old Polish u-
Polish u-
Inherited from Old Polish u-.


u-

*u-wanṯu (“yonder man”)

Kota (India): ஊன் (ūṉ)

Tamil: உவன் (uvaṉ)

*u-waḷ (“yonder woman”)

Kota (India): ஊள் (ūḷ)

Tamil: உவள் (uvaḷ)

*u-war (“yonder persons”)

Kota (India): ஊர் (ūr)

Tamil: உவர் (uvar)

*u-tu (“yonder”)

Tamil: உது (utu)

*u-nta (“yonder”)

Tamil: உந்த (unta)


u-

Northern Ndebele: u-

Phuthi: u-

Swazi: u-

Xhosa: u-

Zulu: u-


u-

Proto-Selkup: *ū-

Northern Selkup: ӯӄо

Mator: у- (u-)


u-

→ Turkish: oğan

Karakhanid: اُغَنْ (uɣan, “having power over all things”)

[script needed]

*u-gan (present participle); Khorezmian Turkic

Old Turkic

Old Turkic: 𐰆 (u-)

Old Uyghur: ʾw (u-)

Siberian

Yakut: уй (uy)


u-

u- + branīti (“to defend”) → ubranīti (“to defend”)

Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:

u- + téči (“to run”) → utéči (“to run away, escape”)

u- + štẹ́ti (“to count”) → uštẹ́ti (“to miscount”)

From Proto-Slavic *u-. Prefixed form of the preposition u.


u-

u- + -chafu (“dirty”) → uchafu (“dirtiness”)

u- + mtoto (“child”) → utoto (“childhood”)

u- + binafsi (“self”) → ubinafsi (“individualism”)

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] noun prefix, denoting natural objects, extensions, abstract qualities, or collections of small things.

u- + French France (“France”) → Ufaransa (“France”)

ulimi mrefu

n- (plural)
ma- (plural)
w- (alternative before-vowel)

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- and Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.


u-

you, 2nd person singular subject concord

For a full table including other classes


u-

هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi, stanza 13:

This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] subject concord

verb-initial form of -u- (“it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord”)

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- and Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-.


u-

(transitive) Third person singular subject + third person duoplural object.


u-

микро- микро-

(informal, proscribed) Alternative form of μ- as an abbreviation of micro-, mikro-, микро- etc.

Typographical substitution for μ, in environments where the correct symbol is not available.


u-

Allomorph of y- (first-person prefix) used for stems that begin with two consonants and have a first vowel u.

ewü (first-person pronoun)
y- (first-person)
ü- (first-person)
u- (first-person)
w- (agent first-person transitive)
w- (agent-like first-person intransitive)
wi- (agent first-person transitive)
wi- (agent-like first-person intransitive)
küwü (dual first-person inclusive pronoun)
k- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
k- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
k- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
k- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
k- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
kü- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
kü- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
ku- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
ku- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
ki- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
ki- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
k- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kii- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ki- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
amödö (pronoun second-person)
ö- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ö- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ö- (patient second-person transitive)
ö- (possessive second-person)
ö- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
öy- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
öy- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
öy- (patient second-person transitive)
öy- (possessive second-person)
öy- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
ödh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ödh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ödh- (patient second-person transitive)
ödh- (possessive second-person)
ödh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
o- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
o- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
o- (patient second-person transitive)
o- (possessive second-person)
o- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
oy- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
oy- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
oy- (patient second-person transitive)
oy- (possessive second-person)
oy- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
odh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
odh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
odh- (patient second-person transitive)
odh- (possessive second-person)
odh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
a- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
a- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
a- (patient second-person transitive)
a- (possessive second-person)
a- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
ay- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ay- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ay- (patient second-person transitive)
ay- (possessive second-person)
ay- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
adh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
adh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
adh- (patient second-person transitive)
adh- (possessive second-person)
adh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
m- (agent second-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
m- (agent-like intransitive second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
mi- (agent second-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
mi- (agent-like intransitive second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
nña (dual exclusive first-person pronoun)
y- (dual exclusive first-person)
dh- (dual exclusive first-person)
ch- (dual exclusive first-person)
i- (dual exclusive first-person)
chö- (direct-object dual exclusive first-person postpositional)
n- (agent dual exclusive first-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
n- (agent-like dual exclusive first-person intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
ni- (agent dual exclusive first-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ni- (agent-like dual exclusive first-person intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
tüwü (pronoun third-person)
y- (third-person)
dh- (third-person)
ch- (third-person)
i- (third-person)
chö- (direct-object postpositional third-person)
n- (patient series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
ni- (patient series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
n- (agent series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
n- (agent-like intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument third-person)
ni- (agent series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
ni- (agent-like intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument third-person)
tüwü (distant-past past pronoun)
kün- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kün- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kun- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kun- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kin- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kin- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
ken- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ken- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
küm- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
küm- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kum- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kum- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kim- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kim- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kini- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kini- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
t- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
t- (possessive reflexive)
t- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
tü- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
tü- (possessive reflexive)
tü- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
tu- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
tu- (possessive reflexive)
tu- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
ti- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
ti- (possessive reflexive)
ti- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
te- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
te- (possessive reflexive)
te- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
öö- (agent patient reciprocal transitive)
öö- (agent-like intransitive patient-like reciprocal)
öö- (direct-object postpositional reciprocal)
mön- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
man- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mon- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möm- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möni- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mön- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
man- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mon- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möm- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möni- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
k- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
kü- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ku- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ki- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
k- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
kü- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ku- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ki- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)


u-

(CY, SEY) abstract or instrument nominalizing prefix


u-

u- + kú (“to die”) → ukú (“death”)

(CY, SEY) non-gerundive nominalizing prefix


u-

From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. This noun class is marked simply with the class 1 augment and a null prefix.


u-

Contracted from earlier úlu-, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-dʊ̀-.