u-

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

u-

1. Alternative form of μ- as an abbreviation of micro-.

u-

1. (subject marker for tense modifying pronouns) I

u-

1. (away) from

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

2. (inchoative)
3. (telicity)

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

4. (on perfective verbs) unintentionally, inadvertently, by mistake

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

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

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

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

• u-/ú- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

u-

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

• u-
• a-
• i-
• ikke-

From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u-

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

From Proto-Nguni *u-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.

u-

1. Class 1a noun prefix.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u- (medial ka-)

1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.

u-

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

u-

1. un-, (in certain cases) im-
2. an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"

• “u-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʉː/ (example of pronunciation)

u-

1. un- (not)

   flaks → uflaks

   luck → bad luck

2. used to create an undesired version of the following noun

   vêr → uvêr

   weather → severe weather

   tid → utid

   time → inconvenient time

3. used to strengthen/intensify the following noun

   tal → utal

   number → huge number

4. an abbreviation of certain words beginning with "u"

• “u-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Nguni *u-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u- (medial ka-)

1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.

u-

1. Appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way

• w- (before a vowel)

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀-.

u- (plural n-)

1. The prefix for noun class 11 denoting natural objects or extensions.

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.

u- (usually uncountable, irregular plural ma-)

1. The prefix for noun class 14 denoting abstract qualities or collections of small things; -ness or -ity.
   1. Used to form the names of countries.

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes

From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u- (medial ka-)

1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

u-

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

From Proto-Nguni *u-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.

u-

1. Class 1a noun prefix.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u- (medial ka-)

1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.

u-

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

From Proto-Nguni *u-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.

u-

1. Class 1a noun prefix.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-.

u- (medial ka-)

1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ú-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-.

u- (medial wu-)

1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord.

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

u-

1. Class 11 noun prefix.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “u-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “u-”