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==Translingual==

===Etymology 1===
[[File:LetterV.svg|class=skin-invert-image|30px|Latin V, from which U derived]]

Minuscule variation of {{m|mul|U}}, a modern variation of classical Latin {{m|mul|V}}, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter {{m|mul|𐌖|tr=V}}.

====Letter====
{{letter|mul}}

# {{Latn-def|mul|letter|21}}

=====See also=====
{{Latn-script}}
* {{q|other scripts}} Cyrillic {{m|mul|у}}, Greek {{m|mul|υ|pos=upsilon}}, Hebrew {{m|mul|ו|pos=vav}}
* {{pedia}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{audio|mul|Close back rounded vowel.ogg|Pronunciation of IPA {{IPAfont|[uː]}}}}

====Symbol====
{{head|mul|symbols}}

# {{lb|mul|metrology}} Symbol for [[atomic mass unit]].
# {{lb|mul|IPA|phonetics}} A {{w|close back rounded vowel}}.
# {{lb|mul|IPA|superscript {{angbr IPA|ᵘ}}}} {{IPAfont|[u]}}-coloring, a {{IPAfont|[u]}} on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo {{IPAfont|[u]}}.
# {{lb|mul|ISO}} Transliterates Indic [[उ]] (or equivalent).
# {{lb|mul|particle}} {{U|up quark}}.

===Gallery===
<gallery class="skin-invert-image" caption="Letter styles" perrow="3" mode="packed">
Image:Latin U.png|Uppercase and lowercase versions of '''U''', in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter u.svg|Uppercase and lowercase '''U''' in [[Fraktur]]
</gallery>

===See also===
{{Letter
|page=U
|NATO=Uniform
|Morse=··–
|Braille=⠥
}}

[[Category:IPA symbols|U]]

==English==

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Runic letter uruz.png|class=skin-invert-image|left|50px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)]]
From {{der|en|enm|-}} lower case letter {{m|enm|v}} (also written {{m|enm|u}}), from {{der|en|ang|-}} lower case {{m|ang|u}}, from 7th century replacement by lower case {{m|mul|u}} of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter {{m|ang|ᚢ|pos=ur}}, derived from Raetic letter {{m|mul||u}}.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form {{m|en|v}} was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form {{m|en|u}} was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas {{m|en|valor}} and {{m|en|excuse}} appeared as in modern printing, {{m|en|have}} and {{m|en|upon}} were printed {{m|en||haue}} and {{m|en||vpon}}. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the {{m|en|v}} form was used to represent the consonant, and {{m|en|u}} the vowel sound. {{m|en|v}} then preceded {{m|en|u}} in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

====Pronunciation====
; Letter name
* {{IPA|en|/ˈjuː/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪʊ̯/|a=Wales}}
* {{rhymes|en|uː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|ewe|hew|hue|Hugh<aa:h-dropping>|;|yew|you<aa:not in Wales>|}}

; Phoneme
* {{IPA|en|/a/|/jʉː/|/ʉː/|/ʊ/|a=AusE}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ewe.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|en-ca-u.ogg|a=Canada}}
* {{IPA|en|/ə/|/ʌ/|/juː/|/uː/|/ʊ/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ə/|/ʌ/|/ju/|/u/|/ʊ/|a=US,Canada}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-u.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ə/|/ʌ/|/ɜ/|/juː/|/uː/|/ʊ/|a=South US}}

====Letter====
{{letter|en}}

# {{Latn-def|en|letter|21|u}}
#: {{ux|en|I prefer the '''u''' in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/en/simple}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|es}}<!--Us~U's is the plural of the ''letter'', not of the noun-->

# {{Latn-def|en|name|U|u}}
# A thing in the shape of the letter U.

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|you}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|name of the letter U, u}}{{multitrans|data=
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|أُو|m}}, {{tt|ar|يُو|m}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|u}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ইউ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|у|n}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ယူ}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|u|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{q|English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|u}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|uu}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|u|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|γιου|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|ʻū}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|यू}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|u}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|ú}}, {{tt|ga|úr}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ユー|tr=yū}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|유}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|ū}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|yu}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|यू}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|u|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|u|n}}, {{tt|pl|u otwarte|n}} {{q|when contrasted with "ó"}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|u|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ю|n}} {{q|English}}, {{tt+|ru|у|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|u|f}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ยู}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|u}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|u}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|u|f}}, {{tt|cy|u bedol|f}}, {{tt|cy|u gwpan|f}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en
|u-turn
|[[U-boat]] {{q|shipping}}
|U-bolt
|long u
|short u
|u-space
|u-stem
|u-substitution
|u-word
}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/en/simple}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronoun====
{{en-pron|desc=second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective|possessive determiner|ur|possessive pronoun|urs|singular reflexive|urself|plural reflexive|urselves}}

# {{senseid|en|you}}{{cln|en|gramograms}}{{lb|en|Internet slang|text messaging}} {{abbrev of|en|you}}.
#: {{ux|en|t8k me w '''u'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=March 10, 2009|author=Rosie DiManno|title=Murder reduced to infantile online postings|work=w:Toronto Star|url=http://www.thestar.com/News/article/599352
|passage="(W)ho knows I wanted her dead? cuz i only told '''u''' and (D.B.) so unless '''u''' told someone ..."|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313044350/http://www.thestar.com/News/article/599352}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018|author=w:Tommy Orange|chapter=Jacquie Red Feather|title=w:[[There There (novel)|There There]]|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Vintage Books|isbn=9780525436140|page=100|passage=''What r '''u''' doing?'' Jacquie texted Opal. She put her phone on the bed and went to her suitcase to get her swimsuit.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|fuk u}}

====Adjective====
{{head|en|adjectives}}

# {{abbr of|en|underwater}}.

=====Derived terms=====
* [[u-boat]] (1)

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|cul8r|thank u}}

{{cln|en|nouns with irregular plurals|second person pronouns}}

==Acehnese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ace|[u]}}

===Noun===
{{head|ace|nouns}}

# [[coconut]] {{gloss|fruit of the coco palm}}

===References===
* 2007. [http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/ The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

{{C|ace|Fruits}}

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/y/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|af|nl|u}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|af|pronouns}}

# {{lb|af|formal}} [[you]] (singular, subject and object)

====See also====
{{af-personal pronouns}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|af|nl|uw}}.

====Determiner====
{{head|af|determiners}}

# {{lb|af|formal}} [[your]] (singular)

====See also====
{{af-personal pronouns}}

==Ajië==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|aji|[u]}}

===Verb===
{{head|aji|verbs}}

# to [[swim]]

===References===
* {{R:map:ABVD|lang=Houaïlou|id=1188|cite={{cite-book|author=Leenhardt, M.|year=1935|title=Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou|publisher=Institut d'ethnologie|location=Paris}}.}}
* {{R:map:ABVD|lang=Ajiø|id=1482|cite={{cite-book|author=Leenhardt, M.|year=1946|title=Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie}}.}}

==Akkadian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|akk|sem-pro|*wa|t=and}}. Cognate with {{cog|ar|وَ}} and {{cog|hbo|וְ־|tr=wə̆-}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{akk-IPA}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|akk|conjunctions}}

# [[and]]
#* {{RQ:Hammurabi|P||3-5
|𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 '''𒅇''' 𒅕𒍢𒁴|<sup>d</sup>en-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e '''u₃''' er-ṣe-tim
|Enlil bēl šamê '''u''' erṣetim
|Enlil, lord of heaven '''and''' earth
}}
# [[moreover]], [[likewise]], [[also]], [[too]]
#: {{usex|akk|'''𒅇''' 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴|tr='''u₃''' ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lam|norm='''u''' šiqdam šūbilam|t='''also''', send me almonds|inline=1}}
#* {{RQ:Hammurabi|129||
|𒋳𒈠𒀸𒊭𒀜 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒀉𒋾𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾𒄿𒌅𒅆 𒀉𒋫𒊍𒁁 𒄿𒅗𒍪𒋗𒉡𒋾𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒈨𒂊 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑 𒋗𒉡𒋾 𒋳𒈠𒁁𒂖 𒀸𒊭𒁴 𒀸𒊭𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜 '''𒅇''' 𒊬𒊒𒌝 𒀵𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜|šum-ma aš-ša-at a-wi-lim it-ti zi-ka-ri-im ša-ni-im i-na i-tu-lim it-ta-aṣ-bat i-ka-su₂-šu-nu-ti-ma a-na me-e i-na-ad-du-u₂-šu-nu-ti šum-ma be-el aš-ša-tim aš-ša-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ '''u₃''' šar-ru-um IR₃-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ
|šumma aššat awīlim itti zikarim šanîm ina itūlim ittaṣbat, ikassûšunūtī-ma ana mê inaddûšunūti; šumma bēl aššatim aššassu uballaṭ, '''u''' šarrum warassu uballaṭ.
|If an {{m|akk|awīlum}}'s wife has been caught lying with another man, they will be bound and thrown into the water; if the wife's lord wishes to spare his wife, '''also''' the king may spare his servant.
}}

{{cunsp
|phon=𒅇<tr:u₃>
}}

===References===
* {{R:akk:GA}}
* {{R:akk:CAD|šiqdu}}

==Albanian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*wa}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*swom}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*swé}}. Compare {{cog|la|se|sē}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sq|/u/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|sq|pronouns}}

# {{ng|the [[reflexive pronoun]]}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|sq|'''u''' [[mbledh|mblodhën]]|they gathered|lit=they gathered '''themselves'''}}
# [[them]] (dative clitic)

====See also====
{{sq-personal pronouns}}

==Alemannic German==

===Etymology 1===

====Conjunction====
{{head|gsw|conjunction}}

# {{altform|gsw|und}}

===Etymology 2===

====Adverb====
{{head|gsw|adverb}}

# {{alternative spelling of|gsw|uu}}

==Aragonese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|an|la|aut}}.

===Conjunction===
{{head|an|conjunctions}}

# [[or]]

==Aromanian==

===Etymology===
Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *''eaua'', from {{inh|rup|la|illam}}, accusative feminine singular of {{m|la|ille}}. Compare {{cog|ro|o}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|rup|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|g=f|short/unstressed accusative form of|ea}}

# {{lb|rup|direct object}} [[her]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|rup|ãl}} (''masculine equivalent'')
* {{l|rup|li}} (''plural'')

====See also====
{{rup-personal pronouns}}

==Asturian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ast|la|aut}}.

====Conjunction====
{{head|ast|conjunctions}}

# {{lb|ast|Cabrales, Allande, Miranda, Valdés}} {{alt form|ast|o}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|ast|la|ubi}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|ast|ou||Somiedo, Teberga}}
* {{alt|ast|au}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|ast|pronouns}}

# [[where]] (relative pronoun)
#: {{ux|ast|Equí ye '''u''' alcontré la fueya.|Here is '''where''' I found the leaf.}}

===Related terms===
* {{l|ast|ú}} (adverb form)
* {{l|ast|úlu}}
* {{l|ast|aú}}

==Azerbaijani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|az|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|az}}

# {{Latn-def|az|letter|28}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/az/simple}}

==Bambara==

===Pronoun===
{{head|bm|pronouns|tone|ù}}

# [[they]]

====See also====
* {{l|bm|olu}}

==Basque==

===Pronunciation===
{{eu-pr}}

===Letter===
{{letter|eu}}

# {{Latn-def|eu|letter|22|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/eu/simple}}

===Noun===
{{head|eu|nouns|[[Appendix:Glossary#indeclinable|indeclinable]]}}

# {{Latn-def|eu|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/eu}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:eu:EH}}
* {{R:eu:OEH}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-u.wav|a=Catalonia}}
* {{rhymes|ca|u|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===

====Letter====
{{letter|ca}}

# {{Latn-def|ca|letter|21|u}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ca|ú}}
* {{l|ca|ü}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/ca}}

===Etymology 2===
{{inh+|ca|la|ūnus|ūnum}}, from an older {{m|la|oinos|oinom}}, from {{inh|ca|itc-pro|*oinos}}, from {{inh|ca|ine-pro|*h₁óynos}}.
{{number box|ca|1}}

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m|#ns}}

# [[one]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|ca
|cada u
}}

{{cln|ca|cardinal numbers}}
{{C|ca|Latin letter names}}

==Central Mazahua==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|maz|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|maz}}

# {{Latn-def|maz|letter}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/maz}}

==Cora==

===Particle===
{{head|crn|particle}}

# [[inside]]
# [[within]] [[view]] (of the [[speaker]])
# entering a [[deep]] [[domain]]; entering a domain in an [[extensive]] [[manner]]
#: {{ux|crn|'''u'''tyásuuna ša'ari cahta'a|t=The water is pouring '''into''' the ('''deep''') pot.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|crn|a|t=outside; out of view}}

===References===
* {{cite-journal|year=1985|title='Inside' and 'outside' in Cora grammar|journal=International Journal of American Linguistics|author=Eugene Casad; Ronald Langacker}}

==Corsican==

===Etymology===
From the earlier {{m|co|lu}}. Compare {{cog|pt|o}} and {{cog|an|o}}.

===Article===
{{head|co|articles|g=m|feminine|a|masculine plural|i|feminine plural|e}}

# [[the]]

====Usage notes====
* Before a vowel, '''u''' turns into {{m|co|l'}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|co|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|g=m}}

# [[him]], [[it]] {{q|direct object}}

====Usage notes====
* Before a vowel, '''u''' turns into {{m|co|l'}}.

====See also====
{{co-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:INFCOR|u|u, lu}}

==Czech==

===Etymology===
{{ety|cs|:inh|zlw-ocs:u|text=2|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cs|/u/}}
* {{audio|cs|Cs-u.ogg}}

===Preposition===
{{head|cs|prepositions}} + ''genitive''

# [[at]]
# [[by]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}

==Dakota==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dak|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|dak}}

# {{Latn-def|dak|letter}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/dak}}

==Drung==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|duu|sit-pro|*tV-pu}}.

===Noun===
{{head|duu|nouns}}

# [[head]]

===References===
* {{R:duu:Perlin:2019}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Originally the dative and accusative form of {{m|nl|jij}}/{{m|nl|gij}}, from {{inh|nl|dum|u}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|iu}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*iwwiz}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*iwwiz}}, {{der|nl|gmw|-}} variant of {{m|gem-pro|*izwiz}}, dative/accusative of {{m|gem-pro|*jūz}}, from {{der|nl|ine-pro|*yúHs}}. {{doublet|nl|jou}}.

The use as a nominative form is linked to the polite address {{m|nl|uwe edelheid||your nobility, your gentility}}, which was shortened to {{m|nl|U E.}} in writing and at times accordingly pronounced {{IPAfont|/yˈ(w)eː/}}. It is debated, however, whether this was the actual cause of the development or whether it merely reinforced it. Compare {{m+|en|you}}, which was originally an object form, as well as {{cog|af|ons}} and nonstandard {{m+|nl|hun}}.

Cognate with {{cog|fy|jo}}, {{cog|nds|jo}}, {{m|nds|ju}}, {{cog|en|you}}, {{cog|de|euch}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-u.ogg}}
* {{IPA|nl|/y/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|nl|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{lb|nl|personal|formal second-person singular|subjective}} [[you]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Bent '''u''' klaar?|Are you ready?}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Bent '''u''' er nog?|Are you still there?}}
# {{lb|nl|personal|formal second-person singular|objective}} [[you]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Ik zal het aan '''u''' geven.|I will give it to you.}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Dit zal niet werken voor '''u'''.|This won’t work for you.}}
# {{lb|nl|personal|second-person singular|objective}} [[thee]] {{q|dialectal}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Ik doe dat wel voor '''u'''.|I’ll do it for thee.}}
# {{lb|nl|personal|formal second-person plural|subjective}} [[you]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Hebt '''u''' die oefening gemaakt?|Have you prepared that exercise?}}
# {{lb|nl|personal|formal second-person plural|objective}} [[you]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Ze zullen dat wel voor '''u''' doen.|They’ll do it for you.}}
# {{lb|nl|reflexive pronoun|formal second-person singular}} [[yourself]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|U meldt '''u'''/zich aan.|You log in.}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Meld '''u''' aan!|Log in!}}
# {{lb|nl|reflexive pronoun|formal second-person plural}} [[yourselves]] {{q|polite}}
#: {{uxi|nl|U meldt '''u'''/zich aan.|You log in.}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Meld '''u''' aan!|Log in!}}
# {{lb|nl|reflexive pronoun|second-person singular}} [[thyself]] {{q|dialectal}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Gij hebt '''u''' niet gewassen.|Thou hast not washed thyself.}}
# {{lb|nl|reflexive pronoun|second-person plural}} [[yourselves]] {{q|dialectal}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Wast '''u''' eens.|Wash yourselves.}}

====Usage notes====
* In the Netherlands, ''u'' is used in {{lg|polite}} settings. The {{lg|familiar}} counterpart is {{m|nl|jij}}.
* The capitalization of ''u'' (as in {{m|nl|U}} or {{m|nl|Uw}}) is now considered [[old-fashioned]] and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized when addressing God.
* In verbs whose second and third persons singular are distinct, {{m|nl||u}} may be construed with either of them. In formal context, the second person form is generally preferred except for the verb {{m|nl|hebben||to have}}. Thus predominantly {{m|nl||u}} {{m|nl|bent}}, {{m|nl|kunt}}, {{m|nl|wilt}}, {{m|nl|zult}}, whereas {{m|nl||u}} {{m|nl|heeft}} is more common than (or at least equally common as) {{m|nl||u}} {{m|nl|hebt}}.
* In the formal second person singular and plural reflexive senses, ''u'' alternates with ''zich'', e.g. ''U meldt u/zich aan.'' 'You log in.' ''Zich'' is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun ''u'', e.g. ''Meldt u zich aan!'' 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun ''u'' is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular and different from the informal second person singular, e.g. ''U heeft zich aangemeld.'' 'You have logged in.' Only ''u'' can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. ''Meld u aan!'' 'Log in!', where ''u'' is the reflexive pronoun.<ref>https://e-ans.ivdnt.org/topics/pid/ans05030301lingtopic</ref>
* See also the usage notes at {{m|nl|gij}}.

====Declension====
{{nl-personal pronouns}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nl|a||Brabantian}}
* {{alt|nl|U||archaic}}

===Letter===
{{letter|nl}}

# {{Latn-def|nl|letter|21}}

====See also====
* Previous letter: [[t#Dutch|t]]
* Next letter: [[v#Dutch|v]]

===References===
<references/>

{{cln|nl|reflexive pronouns}}

==Esperanto==

===Pronunciation===
{{q|phoneme}} {{eo-pr|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-u.wav;LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-u.wav}}
{{q|letter}} {{eo-pr|'u|r=-|s=-|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-u.wav}}

===Letter===
{{letter|eo}}

# {{Latn-def|eo|letter|25|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/eo/simple}}

===Noun===
{{eo-head}}

# {{Latn-def|eo|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/eo/simple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:eo:PIV 2020}}
* {{R:eo:ReVo}}

==Estonian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name|[[uu]]}} {{IPA|et|/uːː/}}
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|et|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|et}}

# {{Latn-def|et|letter|24|uu}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/et/simple}}

==Fala==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fax|roa-opt|o}}, from {{inh|fax|la|illo||he}}.

===Article===
{{head|fax|articles|g=m-s|plural|us|feminine|a|feminine plural|as}}

# {{lb|fax|Lagarteiru|Valverdeñu}} {{ng|Masculine singular definite article}}; [[the]]

===Pronoun===
{{head|fax|pronouns}}

# {{lb|fax|Lagarteiru|Valverdeñu}} {{ng|Third person singular masculine accusative pronoun}}; [[him]]

====See also====
{{fax-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:fax:Diccionariu|276}}

==Faroese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fo|/uː/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|fo}}

# {{Latn-def|fo|letter|23}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/fo/simple}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
{{fi-ety-letter}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{s|sound}} {{IPA|fi|/u/}}
* {{audio|fi|Fi-u.ogg|text=[[uu]], [[uusi]], [[luukku]], [[uu]]}}

===Letter===
{{letter|fi}}

# {{Latn-def|fi|letter|21|uu}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/fi/simple}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-u.wav}}
* {{rhymes|fr|y}}

===Letter===
{{letter|fr}}

# {{Latn-def|fr|letter|21}}

==Fula==

===Letter===
{{letter|ff}}

# {{Latn-def|ff|letter}}

====Usage notes====
* {{U:ff:common}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/ff/simple}}

==Galician==

===Pronunciation===
{{gl-pr}}
* {{hyph|gl|u}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ety|gl|:inh|la:ū|text=+|tree=1}}

====Letter====
{{letter|gl}}

# {{Latn-def|gl|letter|20}}

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{Latn-def|gl|name|U|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/gl/simple}}
* {{list:Latin script letter names/gl}}

===Etymology 2===
{{inh+|gl|roa-opt|u}}, from {{m+|la|ubi}}.

====Adverb====
{{gl-adv}}

# {{lb|gl|obsolete}} [[where]], [[wherever]]
#: {{syn|gl|onde}}
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=1483|editor=M. Lucas Alvarez|title=San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media|page=364
|passage=''Aforouos a dita leyra e vina con todas suas entradas e seydas a monte e a fonte por '''u''' quer que as senpre oubo e de dereito deua aver''
|translation=I lease to you said parcel and vineyard with all of its entrances and exits, land and water, '''wherever''' they have always been or lawfully they must be}}
# [[where]] ({{ng|interrogative adverb}})
#: {{syn|gl|onde}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|gl|'''U'''-los libros? '''Ulos?'''|'''Where''' are the books? '''Where are they?'''}}

===References===
* {{R:roa-opt:DDGM}}
* {{R:roa-opt:CX|por u quer}}
* {{R:gl:DRAG}}
* {{R:gl:Estraviz}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-u.ogg|a=<<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)}}

===Letter===
{{letter|de}}

# {{Latn-def|de|letter|21}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/de}}

===Noun===
{{de-noun|n,-,-:s}}

# {{alt case|de|U}}

====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|n,-,-:s}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:de:DWDS}}

==Ghomara==

===Etymology===
{{ety|gho|:bor|ary:و<tr:u><ety:uder<ar:وَ>>|text=2|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{gho-IPA}}

===Preposition===
{{gho-head|preposition}}

# {{lb|gho|only with clauses}} [[and]]
#: {{syn|gho|i<q:only with nouns and pronouns>}}

===References===
* {{R:gho:Mourigh:2015}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌿}}

==Guinea-Bissau Creole==

===Etymology===
{{ety|pov|:der|pt:tu|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|pov|pronouns}}

# [[you]] (second person singular).

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{hu-IPA}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{hu-IPA|u}}

===Letter===
{{letter|hu}}

# {{Latn-def|hu|letter|34|u}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|u-|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|u-}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/hu/simple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz|1|sound and letter}}
* {{R:ErtSz|2|[onomatopoeia] imitation of barking}}

==Icelandic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{is-IPA|u<qq:letter name>}}

===Letter===
{{letter|is}}

# {{Latn-def|is|letter|24}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/is}}

==Ido==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|io|/u/|a=context pronunciation, letter name}}

===Letter===
{{letter|io}}

# {{Latn-def|io|letter|21}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/io/simple}}

==Indonesian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|id|/u/}}
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|id|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|id}}

# {{Latn-def|id|letter|21}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/id}}

==Irish==

===Letter===
{{letter|ga}}

# {{Latn-def|ga|letter|18}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/ga}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|it|la|ū|pos={{ng|the name of the letter}} {{m|la|V}}}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|ù*}}

===Letter===
{{letter|it}}

# {{Latn-def|it|letter|19|u}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|f|#}}

# {{Latn-def|it|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/it}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:it:DiPI}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|う|ウ|u}}

==Judeo-Tat==

===Etymology===
{{ety|jdt|:inh|fa-cls:او<id:pronoun>|tree=1|text=++}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{jdt-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|jdt|pronoun}}

# {{sid|jdt|3sg}} [[he]], [[she]], [[it]]

====See also====
{{jdt-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:jdt:Naftaliev|page=504}}
* {{R:jdt:Agarunov:2010|page=258}}

==Kankanaey==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|kne|tl|u}}. Letter pronunciation is influenced by {{der|kne|en|u}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{kne-pr|yu<a:letter name>|raw:/u/ [u]<a:phoneme>}}

===Letter===
{{kne-head|letter}}

# {{Latn-def|kne|letter|23|yu}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/kne}}

===References===
* {{R:kne:Ortograpiya 2016|page=10-11}}

==Kashubian==

===Etymology===
{{csb-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{letter|csb}}

# {{Latn-def|csb|letter|28|}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/csb}}

==Khasi==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kha|/ʔuː/}}

===Article===
{{head|kha|article|g=m|feminine|ka|masculine and feminine plural|ki}}

# [[the]] ({{ng|masculine singular definite article}})

===Pronoun===
{{head|kha|pron|g=m|feminine|ka|masculine and feminine plural|ki}}

# [[he]], [[it]]

====See also====
{{kha-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:kha:Singh1906|p=242}}

==Khiamniungan Naga==

===Etymology===
{{Template:kix-ety-letter}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kix|/u³³/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|kix}}

# {{lb|kix|Patsho}} {{Latn-def|kix|letter|23|}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/kix}}

====Pronunciation guide====
{{Template:list:Khiamniungan pronunciation/kix}}

==K'iche'==

===Pronoun===
{{head|quc|pronoun}}

# his, her, its

===References===
* {{R:quc:Christenson:2003}}

==Kiowa==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kio|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|kio}}

# {{Latn-def|kio|letter}}

====Usage notes====
May occur long ({{m|kio|꞉|u꞉}}) or nasal ({{m|kio|n̶|un̶}}) or both (''un̶꞉''), but only after the [[velar]] consonants {{m|kio|ǥ|g̶}}, {{m|kio|g}}, {{m|kio|k}}, {{m|kio|kʼ}}.

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/kio}}

==Klallam==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|clm|/u/|[u~o]}}

===Letter===
{{head|clm|letter}}

# {{Latn-def|clm|letter|33}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/clm}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|ū}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|ū|g=n|g2=f|indecl=y}}

# {{Latn-def|la|name|U|u}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{Latin letter names of the Roman alphabet}}

===References===
* {{R:la:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:la:M&A}}
* [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=u-harpers u] in {{cite-book|editor=Harry Thurston Peck|title=Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities|publisher=Harper & Brothers|location=New York|year=1898}}
* Arthur E. Gordon, ''The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet'' ([[w:University of California Press|University of California Press]], 1973; volume 9 of ''University of California Publications: Classical Studies''), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

==Latvian==
{{wp|lv:}}

===Etymology===
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by [[w:Kārlis Mīlenbahs|K. Mīlenbahs]], which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German [[Fraktur]], and sporadically in [[Cyrillic]].

===Pronunciation 1===
* {{lv-IPA|u}}
{{rfap|lv}}

====Letter====
[[File:Latin alphabet Uu.svg|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|200px|U]]
{{letter|lv}}

# {{Latn-def|lv|letter|29|u}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/lv}}

===Pronunciation 2===
* {{lv-IPA|u}}

====Noun====
{{lv-noun|m|-}}

# {{Latn-def|lv|name|U|u}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letter names/lv}}

==Ligurian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|lij|řu}}

===Etymology===
From earlier {{m|lij|řu}} ← {{m|lij|lu}}, {{inh+|lij|la|illum|nocap=1}}, form of {{m|la|ille||that}}.

===Article===
{{h|lij|article}}

# {{lb|lij|Monaco}} {{alt form of|lij|o}}

====Usage notes====
* Becomes {{l|lij|l'}} before a noun starting with a vowel, for example {{l|lij|u}} + {{l|lij|omu|t=man|g=m}} → {{l|lij||l'omu}}, rather than {{l|lij||*u omu}}.

===See also===
{{lij-definite articles}}

===Pronoun===
{{h|lij|pron|g=m|subject|elu|indirect object|ghe}}

# {{qualifier|[[direct object]]}} [[him]], [[it]], [[them]]

====Usage notes====
* Reduces to {{l|lij|l'}} as above, in front of verb forms starting with vowels, for example {{m|lij||ghe '''l''''o ditu|I told '''him''' about it}}.

===References===
* {{R:lij:DFM|la|page=153}}
* {{R:lij:DFM|lui|page=336}}

==Lithuanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|lt|/ʊ/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|lt}}

# {{Latn-def|lt|letter|27|u trumpoji}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/lt}}

==Livonian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|phoneme}} {{liv-IPA|u}}

===Letter===
{{letter|liv}}

# {{Latn-def|liv|letter|35}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/liv}}

==Lower Sorbian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|dsb}}

# {{Latn-def|dsb|letter|29|u}}
# {{Latn-def|dsb|name|u|U}}

===See also===
* {{see-temp|list:Latin script letters/dsb}}
* {{see-temp|list:Latin script letter names/dsb}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Letter===
{{letter|lb}}

# {{Latn-def|lb|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/lb}}

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
{{ms-IPA|yu}}
* {{rhymes|ms|u|s=1}}
* {{hyph|ms|yu}}

===Etymology 1===

====Letter====
{{letter|ms}}

# {{Latn-def|ms|letter|21}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/ms}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|ms|universiti}}

====Noun====
{{ms-noun}}

# {{lb|ms|colloquial}} [[university]]
#: {{syn|ms|universiti|uni<qq:colloquial>}}
#: {{uxi|ms|budak '''u'''|'''university''' student}}
#: {{uxi|ms|masuk '''u'''|to enter the '''university'''}}

==Maltese==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|mt|/u/}} {{q|short phoneme}}
* {{IPA|mt|/uː/}} {{q|long phoneme}}
* {{IPA|mt|/ɔw/|/aw/}} {{q|after {{m|mt|għ}}; variation is regional and idiolectal}}
* In inherited words, short ''u'' occurs almost exclusively in unstressed syllables. In borrowings, it is a full phoneme and commonly stressed.

====Letter====
{{letter|mt}}

# {{Latn-def|mt|letter|25}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/mt}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|mt|ar|وَ}}, from {{inh|mt|sem-pro|*wa}}. Cognate with {{cog|he|וְ־|tr=wə-}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|mt|/u/}} {{q|between consonants}}
* {{IPA|mt|/w/}} {{q|before or after a vowel}}
* {{homophones|mt|hu}}

====Conjunction====
{{mt-head|conjunction}}

# [[and]]; {{ng|used to connect words, phrases, etc.}}
#: {{uxa|mt|il-kelb '''u''' l-qattus|the dog '''and''' the cat}}
#: {{uxa|mt|tpejjep '''u''' tixrob|she smokes '''and''' drinks}}
#* {{quote-book|mt
|author=Trevor Żahra
|title=Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti
|year=2008
|isbn=9789990914047
|publisher=Merlin Publishers
|text=Kulħadd jibża’ '''u''' ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!
}}
# [[when]], [[as]]; {{ng|used after a personal pronoun and followed by an active participle or imperfect verb}}
#: {{uxa|mt|huma '''u''' reqdin|'''when''' they were sleeping|lit=they '''and''' sleeping}}
#: {{uxa|mt|aħna '''u''' nitkellmu|'''when''' we were talking|lit=we '''and''' we talk}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|mt|w}} {{q|superseded representation of the consonantal pronunciation}}

==Māori==

===Pronunciation===
* {{mi-IPA|u}}

===Letter===
{{letter|mi}}

# {{Latn-def|mi|letter|16}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/mi}}

==Marshallese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mh|poz-mic-pro|*wuu}}, from {{inh|mh|poz-oce-pro|*solos}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{mh-ipa-rows|wiw}}

===Noun===
{{mh-head|noun|construct|uin}}

# {{lb|mh|alienable}} a [[fish trap]]

===References===
* {{R:mh:MEOD|MED2U.htm#u}}

{{C|mh|Fishing}}

==Mauritian Creole==

===Pronoun===
{{head|mfe|pronouns|informal|to}}

# {{alternative spelling of|mfe|ou|t=you}}

====See also====
{{mfe-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:mfe:Baker:1987|page=328}}

==Mezquital Otomi==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ote|ʼų́||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
{{rfe|ote}}

===Noun===
{{head|ote|nouns|head=ú}}

# [[salt]]

===Adjective===
{{head|ote|adjectives|head=ú}}

# [[sweet]]

====Derived terms====
{{col|ote
|udehe
|uhme
|ukjä
|uthe
|utfi
|utꞌfi
|uza
}}

===References===
* {{R:Andrews 1950|pages=36, 76}}
* {{R:Hernández Cruz & Victoria Torquemada 2010|page=360}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|dum|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|dum|odt|iuwa}}, from {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*iuwar}}.

====Determiner====
{{head|dum|determiners}}

# [[your]] {{gloss|plural}}
# your {{gloss|singular, informal}}

=====Usage notes=====
See the usage notes for {{m|dum|gi}}.

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|nl|uw}}
* {{desc|li|eur}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|dum|pronoun forms}}

# {{inflection of|dum|gi||acc//dat}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|nl|u}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:VMNW|ID18332|uwe}}
* {{R:MNW|60107|II}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|nouns}}

# {{alt form|enm|ew}}

==Middle French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frm|la|u}}, {{m|la|v}}.

===Letter===
{{letter|frm}}

# {{l|mul|u}} (letter)
# {{l|mul|v}} (letter)

====Usage notes====
* ''u'' and ''v'' were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.{{attention|frm|citation needed!}}

==Middle High German==

===Pronoun===
{{head|gmh|pronoun forms|head=ū}}

# {{lb|gmh|personal pronoun|dative|Central German}} {{alt form|gmh|iu}}

==Middle Low German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gml|/uː/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|gml|pronouns|head=û}}

# {{lb|gml|personal pronoun|dative|accusative}} {{alternative form of|gml|jû}}
# {{lb|gml|possessive pronoun}} {{alternative form of|gml|jû}}

====Declension====
Possessive pronoun:
{{gml-decl-adj|||û}}

==Mizo==

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|lus|older sibling}}
From {{inh|lus|tbq-kuk-pro|*ʔuu|t=older sibling}}.

====Noun====
{{head|lus|noun}}

# older [[sibling]], or other elder members of the same [[generation]]

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|lus|plural}}

====Particle====
{{head|lus|particle}}

# {{ng|Plural verbal particle, used in [[imperative]] commands when there is a plural subject}}
#* Hausanga Hauzel, editorial in ''Vanglaini'', [https://www.vanglaini.org/article/128800?date=2024-09-09 9 September 2024]
#*: {{quote|lus|[[Mizo]][[-te|te]] u, min [[chhan]] [[rawh]] '''u'''|Mizo brethren, save us}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|lus
|che u
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:lus:Lorrain}}

==Norman==
{{wp|nrm:Yi}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|nrf|ieil}} {{q|Guernsey}}
* {{l|nrf|yi}} {{q|Jersey}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nrf|fro|ueil}}, from {{inh|nrf|la-vul|oclus}}, from {{inh|nrf|la|oculus}}, from {{der|nrf|ine-pro|*h₃ekʷ-||eye; to see}}.

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m|pl=uûs|pl2=uur}}

# {{lb|nrf|France|anatomy}} [[eye]]

==North Frisian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|frr|[ʊ]|qq=short vowel}}
* {{IPA|frr|[uː]|qq=long vowel, spelt ''uu''}}

===Letter===
{{letter|frr}}

# {{Latn-def|frr|letter}}

====Usage notes====
* In Sylt Frisian, the diphthong ⟨{{l|frr||ua}}⟩ has been lowered to {{IPAchar|[ɔɐ̯]}}, thus merging with ⟨{{l|frr||or}}⟩.

===See also===
* {{sense|North Frisian letters}} {{l|frr|[[a]], [[ä]], [[å]], [[ā]], [[b]], [[c]], [[d]], [[đ]], [[e]], [[ē]], [[f]], [[g]], [[h]], [[i]], [[j]], [[k]], [[l]], [[m]], [[n]], [[o]], [[ö]], [[p]], [[r]], [[s]], [[t]], [[u]], [[ü]], [[v]], [[w]] ([[q]], [[x]], [[y]], [[z]])}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no|U}}

===Etymology===
The lowercase form of {{m|nb|U}}. From {{der|nb|la|V}}, from an Old Italic form of {{der|nb|grc|Υ|tr=U|t=upsilon}}, ultimately from {{der|nb|phn|𐤅|tr=w|t=waw; hook}}. In medieval Latin-script writing, ⟨u⟩ and ⟨v⟩ were positional forms of a single letter; they later became distinct letters, with ⟨u⟩ used for the vowel.

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|letter name}} {{IPA|nb|/ʉː/}}
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|nb|/ʉː/|/ʉ/|/ʊ/}}
* {{audio|nb|LL-Q9043 (nor)-Jon Harald Søby (WMNO)-u.wav|Audio}}
* {{rhymes|nb|ʉː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|nb|U}}
* {{hyphenation|nb|u}}

===Letter===
{{letter|nb}}

# {{Latn-def|nb|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/nb}}

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1|u-}}

# The lowercase form of {{m|nb|U}}, the twenty-first [[letter]] of the Norwegian Bokmål [[alphabet]], written in the [[Latin script]]; preceded by {{m|nb|t}} and followed by {{m|nb|v}}.
# The written representation of the Norwegian [[vowel]] phonemes {{IPAchar|/ʉː/}}, {{IPAchar|/ʉ/}} and {{IPAchar|/ʊ/}}.
# The [[vowel]] [[sound]] represented by the letter {{m|nb|u}}.
# A [[figure]], [[shape]], [[formation]], [[object]], or [[mark]] resembling the lowercase letter {{m|nb|u}}.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|u-omlyd||u-umlaut}}

===Adverb===
{{head|nb|adverb}}

# {{abbreviation of|nb|ultimo|t=in the final third of a month; at the end of a month}}

===Symbol===
{{head|nb|symbol}}

# {{lb|nb|chemistry|physics}} The international symbol for the [[unified atomic mass unit]].

===References===
* {{R:nb:OB}}
* {{R:nb:NAOB}}
* [https://snl.no/U_-_bokstav “U – bokstav”] in ''{{w|lang=no|Store norske leksikon}}''.

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Letter===
{{letter|nn}}

# {{Latn-def|nn|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/nn}}

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1|u-}}

# the letter {{l|en|U}}

===References===
* {{R:nn:OB}}

==Nupe==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|nup|/u/|/ũ/|q2=after /n/ or /m/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|nup}}

# {{Latn-def|nup|letter|25}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/nup}}

==Nuxalk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|blc|/u/|[u~ʊ~o~o̞~ɔ]}}

===Letter===
{{letter|blc}}

# {{Latn-def|blc|letter|28}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/blc}}

==Occitan==

===Noun===
{{oc-noun|f}}

# [[#English|u]] {{gloss|the letter u, U}}

{{C|oc|Latin letter names}}

==Old Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-ocs-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ety|zlw-ocs|:inh|sla-pro:*u|text=+|tree=1}}

====Preposition====
{{head|zlw-ocs|prepositions}}

# {{ng|denotes approximate location}}; [[by]], [[at]]; [[with]] {{+obj|zlw-ocs|gen}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|cs|u}}

===Etymology 2===

====Preposition====
{{head|zlw-ocs|prepositions}}

# {{alternative form of|zlw-ocs|v}} ''(often before labial consonants)''

===References===
* {{R:zlw-ocs:Gebauer|+}}

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|ū}}
* {{rhymes|ang|uː|s=1}}

===Letter===
{{letter|ang}}

# a letter of the Old English alphabet

====Usage notes====
* This letter can represent short /u/ and long /uː/, which were typically not distinguished in Old English manuscripts. Modern editions of manuscripts typically mark long vowels with a macron ⟨ū⟩ or an acute accent ⟨ú⟩.
* It can also represent the consonant /w/. This sound may also be represented with a double ⟨uu⟩. However, it is usually written with the letter {{l|ang|ƿ}} (⟨w⟩ in most modern manuscripts)

==Old French==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|fro|la|ubi}}.

====Adverb====
{{fro-adv}}

# {{alt form|fro|ou|t=where}}
#* {{quote-book|fro|year=c. 1170|url=http://books.google.fr/books?id=ZNMTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:FXZpAAAAIAAJ&hl=fr&ei=LYqXTY2OGYGmhAfQhJTWBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Le Roman de Rou|author=w:Wace|passage=Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia<br>Saveir '''u''' Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.|translation=As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy<br>to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|frm|ou}}
** {{desc|fr|où}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|fro|la|u}}, {{m|la|v}}.

====Letter====
{{letter|fro}}

# {{l|mul|u}} (letter)
# {{l|mul|v}} (letter)

=====Usage notes=====
* ''u'' and ''v'' were represented by a single character in Old French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.{{attention|fro|citation needed!}}

==Old Galician-Portuguese==

===Alternative forms===
* hu

===Etymology===
{{ety|roa-opt|:inh|la:ubi|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|roa-opt|/ˈu/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|roa-opt|adverbs}}

# [[where]]
#* '''13th century''', [[w:Pergaminho Vindel|''Vindel manuscript'']], [[w:Martín Codax|Martín Codax]], [http://cantigas.fcsh.unl.pt/cantiga.asp?cdcant=1310&pv=sim ''Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo''] ([http://cantigas.fcsh.unl.pt/8789894529/N_001_1_1310.jpg facsimile])
#*: {{quote|roa-opt|Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo '''u''' e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.
|translation=Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, '''where''' the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.}}
#* {{quote-book|roa-opt|year=1264|editor=E. Portela Silva|title=La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV|location=Santiago|publisher=Tip. El Eco Franciscano|page=364
|passage=''pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio '''u''' pasan os carros''
|translation=by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river '''where''' the carts cross}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gl|u|qq=archaic}}
* {{desc|pt|u|qq=obsolete}}

===References===
* {{R:roa-opt:DDGM}}

==Old Polish==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|zlw-opl|id=at|:inh|sla-pro:*u|tree=+|text=+|etydate=14th century}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-opl-IPA}}

===Preposition===
{{head|zlw-opl|preposition}} {{+obj|zlw-opl|gen}}

# {{ng|denotes approximate location}}; [[by]], [[at]]
# {{ng|denotes subject of action}}; [[at]]
# {{ng|denotes movement away}}; [[away]], [[out of]]
# {{ng|denotes topographic region}}; [[in]]; [[at]], [[on]]
# {{ng|denotes property}}; [[in]] the [[homestead]] of
# {{ng|denotes position in a group}}; [[among]], [[between]]
# {{ng|denotes possession}}; [[in]] the [[possession]] of
# {{ng|with {{m|zlw-opl|być}}; creates a possessive phrase meaning "to have"}}
# {{ng|denotes witness or subject of some action}}; [[in front of]], [[on behalf of]]
# {{ng|denotes opinion}}; [[in one's eyes]], [[in one's opinion]], [[according to]]
# {{ng|denotes person from whom someone receives}}; [[from]]
# {{ng|denotes person being asked or requested}}; [[from]], [[of]]
# {{ng|denotes object to which something belongs}}; 's
# {{ng|denotes perpetrator or performer of an action to create a passive voice}}; [[by]]
# {{ng|denotes time}}; [[during]], [[at]] the time of

====Related terms====
{{col|zlw-opl|title=prefix|u-}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pl|u|id=preposition}}
* {{desc|szl|u|id=preposition}}

===References===
* {{R:pl:Boryś}}
* {{R:zlw-opl:SPJSP}}

==Oromo==

===Pronunciation===
{{om-IPA|u}}
{{om-syllables|u}}
**{{audio|om|Om-u.ogg}}

===Letter===
{{letter|om}}

# {{Latn-def|om|letter|21}}

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-u.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-u.wav;LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-u.wav|hh=ó,u-,-u,-u-|mp=#}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ety|pl|id=letter}}
{{pl-ety-letter}}

====Letter====
{{letter|pl}}

# {{Latn-def|pl|letter|27|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/pl/simple}}

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|n|indecl=1}}

# {{l|en|u}}, {{w|close back rounded vowel}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymon|pl|id=preposition|:inh|zlw-opl:u|tree=+|text=+}}

====Preposition====
{{head|pl|prepositions}} {{+obj|pl|gen}}

# {{ng|denotes a part belonging to a larger whole}}; [[of]]
#: {{coi|pl|palce '''u''' nogi|toes|lit=fingers '''of''' the foot}}
# {{ng|denotes near position}}; [[by]], [[at]]
#: {{syn|pl|blisko|koło|niedaleko|opodal|podle|w pobliżu}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' drzwi|'''at''' the door}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' bram|'''at''' the gates}}
# {{ng|denotes position with something else}}; [[at]], [[by]]; [[with]]; [[chez]]
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' Kasi|'''at''' Kasia's}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' rodziców|'''at''' one's parents'}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' lekarza|'''at''' the doctor's}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' dentysty|'''at''' the dentist's}}
# {{ng|denotes tutor or doer of an action}}; [[at]], [[with]]; [[from]]
# {{ng|denotes someone or something for which something else is named}}
#: {{par|pl|pośród|wpośród|wśród}}
# {{ng|denotes someone or something about which something may apply;}} [[among]]; [[in]]
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' mężczyzn|'''in''' men}}
#: {{coi|pl|'''u''' dzikich zwierząt|'''in''' wild animals}}
# {{ng|denotes subject of an action}}; [[at]]

====Trivia====
{{pl-freq 1990|103|27|53|75|141|399|122|619|2}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:SXVI|1. u|20131}}
* {{R:pl:SXVI|2. u|20132}}
* {{R:pl:SXVII|U|11163|SPAs|07.03.2022}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1807}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1861}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1900||195|7}}
* {{R:pl:NFJP}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|u|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===

====Letter====
{{letter|pt}}

# {{Latn-def|pt|letter|21}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/pt/simple}}

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{senseid|pt|letter name}} {{Latn-def|pt|name|U|u}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letter names/pt}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|pt|roa-opt|u}}, from {{inh|pt|la|ubi}}. Cognate with {{cog|gl|u}}, {{cog|fr|où}}, {{cog|it|ove}} and {{cog|ro|iuo}}.

====Adverb====
{{head|pt|adverbs}}

# {{lb|pt|obsolete}} [[where]]
#: {{syn|pt|onde}}
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=1534|author=w:Gil Vicente|title=s:pt:Auto de Mofina Mendes|text={{...}} nam ſey per '''u'''|translation={{...}} (I) don't know '''where'''}}
# {{lb|pt|Northern Portugal}} [[where]] ({{ng|interrogative adverb}})
#: {{syn|pt|onde}}
#: {{uxi|pt|'''U'''-los livros? '''Ulos?'''|'''Where''' are the books? '''Where are they?'''}}

===Etymology 3===

====Article====
{{head|pt|articles|g=m}}

# {{eye dialect of|pt|o}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pt:Aulete}}
* {{R:pt:Priberam}}

==Pumpokol==

===Etymology===
From {{der|xpm|qfa-yen-pro|*aw}} (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

===Pronoun===
{{head|xpm|pronouns}}

# [[you]] ''(second-person plural subjective)''

====Synonyms====
* {{l|xpm|úe}}

==Romani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rom|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|rom}}

# {{lb|rom|International Standard}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|28}}
# {{lb|rom|Pan-Vlax}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|29}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/rom}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|ro}}

# {{Latn-def|ro|letter|26|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/ro/simple}}

==Romansh==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rm|la|aut}}.

===Conjunction===
{{head|rm|conjunctions}}

# [[or]]

==Rumu==

===Noun===
{{head|klq|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102808/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474531307/Rumu_English_Motu_dict.pdf Rumu-English-Motu dictionary]''; ''[http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474542397/Rumu.pdf Rumu]'' (misc)
* [http://transnewguinea.org/language/pawaia Transnewguinea.org], citing G. E. MacDonald, ''The Teberan Language Family'', pages 111-121, in ''The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea'' (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)
* Karl J. Franklin, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070551/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/10745/Comp_Wordlist_Gulfdistrict.pdf Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas]'' (1975), page 67

==Salar==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|slr|trk-pro|*ol}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|slr|pronouns}}

# Third person singular pronoun; [[he]], [[she]], [[it]].

====Declension====
{{slr-decl-noun|u|ular|aniği|ularniği|aña|ulara|ani|ularni|anda|ularda|andan|ulardan|ala|ularla}}

====See also====
{{slr-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:slr:Stroy|vu}}
* {{R:slr:Lianyun|page=53}}
* {{R:slr:MaChengjun|page=362}}
* {{R:slr:Yakup|page=41}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Letter===
{{letter|gd}}

# {{Latn-def|gd|letter|18|prec=t|addl=; traditionally named {{l|gd|ur|t=heather}}}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/gd}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/u/}}
* {{audio|sh|Sr-u.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
See [[#Translingual|Translingual section]].

====Letter====
{{letter|sh|Cyrl:у}}

# {{Latn-def|sh|letter|27|alphvar={{l|sh|gajica}}|prec=t|foll=v}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*vъ(n)}}.

====Preposition====
{{sh-prep}}

# [[in]], [[at]] {{q|without change of position, answering the question {{m|sh|gdje|gdjȅ}}/{{m|sh|gde|gdȅ}}}} {{+obj|sh|loc}}
#: {{ux|sh|biti u školi|to be in school|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|u c(ij)elim društvu|in the whole society|inline=1}}
# [[to]], [[into]] {{q|with change of position, answering the question {{m|sh|kùda}}}} {{+obj|sh|acc}}
#: {{ux|sh|ići u školu|to go to school|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|putovati u Ameriku|to travel to America|inline=1}}
# [[on]], [[in]], [[at]], [[during]] {{q|in expressions concerning time}} {{+obj|sh|acc}}
#: {{ux|sh|u podne|at noon|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|u sr(ij)edu|on Wednesday|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|u zoru|at dawn|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|U koliko sati?|At what time?|inline=1}}
# [[in]], [[during]] {{q|in expressions concerning time}} {{+obj|sh|loc}}
#: {{ux|sh|u jednom danu|in one day|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|sh|u mladosti|during one's youth|inline=1}}

==Sicilian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|scn|/u/}} {{q|stressed}}
* {{IPA|scn|/ʊ/}} {{q|unstressed}}

===Etymology 1===

====Letter====
{{letter|scn}}

# {{Latn-def|scn|letter|21}}

===Etymology 2===
From the lenition of {{m|scn|lu}}, from the apheresis of {{inh|scn|la-vul||*illu}}, from {{inh|scn|la|illum}}, from {{m|la|ille}}. Cognate with {{cog|gl|o}}, {{cog|pt|o}} and {{cog|nap|lu}} ~ {{m|nap|lo}} ~ {{m|nap|'u}} ~ {{m|nap|'o}} ~{{m|nap|o}}. Akin to {{m|scn|ḍḍu||that}} and its collateral {{m|scn|chiḍḍu||that}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|scn|lu||liquid form}}

====Article====
{{head|scn|articles|g=m-s|f|a|plural|i}}

# {{lb|scn|masculine singular definite article}} [[the]]
#: {{syn|scn|lu}}

=====Usage notes=====
* As for other Romance languages, such as Neapolitan or Portuguese, Sicilian definite articles have undergone a consonant lenition that has led to the phonetic fall of the initial ''l''. The use of this illiquid variant has not yet made the use of liquid variants disappear, but today it is still the prevalent use in speech and writing.
* In the case of the production of literary texts, such as singing or poetry, or of formal and institutional texts, resorting to "liquid articles" and "liquid articulated prepositions" confers greater euphony to the text, although it may sound a form of courtly recovery.
* Illiquid definite articles can be phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: ''l'arancinu'' (liquid) and ''ârancinu'' (illiquid).

=====Inflection=====
{{scn-decl-articles}}

===Etymology 3===
See etymology 2.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|scn|lu||liquid form}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|scn|pronouns|g=m-s|plural|i|female|a}}

# {{lb|scn|accusative}} [[him]]
#: {{syn|scn|lu}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|scn|'''U''' canusci?|Do you know '''him'''?}}
# {{lb|scn|accusative}} [[it]], [[this]] or [[that]] thing
#: {{syn|scn|lu}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|scn|Quannu '''tû''' desi.|When I gave '''it''' to you.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.

=====Inflection=====
{{scn-pronominal particles}}
{{Template:scn-personal pronouns}}

==Silesian==

===Pronunciation===
{{szl-pr|a=LL-Q30319 (szl)-Vxern-#.wav}}

===Etymology 1===
{{szl-ety-letter}}

====Letter====
{{letter|szl}}

# {{Latn-def|szl|letter|29}}

=====See also=====
{{list:Latin script letters/szl}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymon|szl|id=preposition|:inh|zlw-opl:u|tree=+|text=+}}

====Preposition====
{{head|szl|preposition}} {{+obj|szl|gen}}

# {{ng|denotes approximate location}}; [[by]], [[at]]; [[with]]
# {{ng|denotes a part belonging to a larger whole}}; [[of]]
#: {{syn|szl|przi}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:szl:silling}}

==Skolt Sami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|sms|/u/|/w/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|sms}}

# {{Latn-def|sms|letter|31}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/sms/simple}}

==Slovak==

===Etymology===
{{ety|sk|:inh|sla-pro:*u|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Preposition===
{{head|sk|preposition}}

# {{rfdef|sk}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Somali==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|so|/ʔú/}}
*{{hyph|so|u}}

===Preposition===
{{head|so|prepositions|head=ú|comitative|la|instrumental|ku|ablative|ka}} {{term-label|so|allative}}

# [[to]]
#: {{ux|so|Warkii wuu '''u''' sheegay|He told the news '''to''' him.|inline=1}}
# [[for]]

====Usage notes====
* In Somali, prepositions fall before the verb and not before the noun they modify:
*: '''''u''' [[sheeg]]'' -- ''to [[tell]]'' (lit. ''to [[call]] to'')
*: '''''u''' {{l|so|keen}}'' -- ''to [[bring]] to''

====Derived terms====
*{{l|so|magacuyaal}}

===References===
*{{R:QAS2012|u|821}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
{{es-pr|+<audio:letter u es es.flac<a:Spain>><audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-u.wav<a:Colombia>>}}

====Letter====
{{letter|es}}

# {{Latn-def|es|letter|22}}

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f|us,úes}}

# Name of the letter {{m|es|U}}.
# {{lb|es|Latin America}} {{clipping of|es|universidad||university}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|es|/u/|[u]|[w]}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|es|conjunctions}}

# [[or]]
#: {{ux|es|diez '''u''' once|ten '''or''' eleven}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Used instead of {{m|es|o}} when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced {{IPAfont|/o/}}.

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|es|ú||obsolete}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Latin letter names}}

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒌋}}

==Swahili==

===Verb===
{{head|sw|verb forms}}

# {{lb|sw|dated|or|literary}} {{verb form of|sw|wa|-wa|positive|present|and|gnomic|2s|t=you are, thou art}}
#* {{quote-book|sw|year=2005|title=Biblia (Swahili Revised Union Version)|chapter=Luka 4:41|passage=Pepo nao waliwatoka watu wengi, wakipiga kelele na kusema, Wewe '''u''' Mwana wa Mungu.|translation=Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, "You '''are''' the Son of God!"|section=translation from {{w|New International Version}}}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sw|u hali gani||how are you?}}

===See also===
* {{l|sw|m}}

==Swedish==

===Pronunciation===
; Letter name
* {{IPA|sv|/ʉː/}}

; Phoneme
* {{IPA|sv|/ʉː/|/ɵ/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|sv}}

# {{Latn-def|sv|letter|21|u}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|u}}. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by {{der|tl|en|u}}.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the [[Baybayin]] character {{m|tl|ᜂ}}.
* Abecedario pronunciation is from {{der|tl|es|u}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr
|yú<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet>
|ú<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario>
|-ú<qq:phoneme, stressed>
|-u<qq:phoneme, unstressed>
|syll=u
}}

===Letter===
{{letter|tl}}

# {{tl-letter def|23|yu|alph=fil}}
# {{tl-letter def|18|u|alph=abak}}
# {{lb|tl|historical}} {{tl-letter def|24|u|alph=abec}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/tl/simple}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# {{tl-letter name|U|u|alph=abak}}
# {{lb|tl|historical}} {{tl-letter name|U|u|alph=abec}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/tl/simple}}
* {{l|tl|uo}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

==Tlingit==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tli|/ʊ/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|tli}}

# {{Latn-def|tli|letter}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/tli}}

==Tolai==

===Pronoun===
{{head|ksd|pronouns}}

# ''Second-person singular pronoun'': [[you#English|you]] (singular)

====Declension====
{{ksd-personal pronouns}}

==Torres Strait Creole==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|tcs}}

===Noun===
{{head|tcs|nouns}}

# {{lb|tcs|eastern dialect}} a [[mature]] [[coconut]]

====Usage notes====
''U'' is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by {{m|tcs|pes}} and followed by {{m|tcs|drai koknat}}.

==Turkish==

===Letter===
{{letter|tr}}

# {{Latn-def|tr|letter|25|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/tr/simple}}

===Noun===
{{head|tr|nouns}}

# {{Latn-def|tr|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letter names/tr}}

==Turkmen==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|tk|/u/|/uː/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|tk}}

# {{Latn-def|tk|letter|25|u}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/tk/simple}}

==Tzotzil==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tzo|/ʔu/}}

===Noun===
{{head|tzo|nouns}}

# [[moon]]
# [[month]]

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|moon}} {{l|tzo|jchʼul meʼtik}}

===References===
* {{R:Laughlin1975|ˀu(1)}}

{{C|tzo|Celestial bodies}}

==Uyghur==

===Letter===
{{letter|ug}}

# {{ug-uly of|ئۇ}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ug|pronouns}}

# {{ug-uly of|ئۇ}}

{{cln|ug|terms in Latin script}}

==Uzbek==
{{uz-variant|a=ئۇ|c=у|r=u|af=او}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|uz|ul||archaic}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|uz|chg|او|tr=u}}, from {{inh|uz|trk-pro|*ol}}. Cognate with {{cog|ug|ئۇ|tr=-}} / {{m|ug|u}} / {{m|ug|у|tr=-}}; {{cog|az|او}} / {{m|az|о}} / {{m|az|o}}, {{cog|tr|o}}; etc.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|uz|/ʔʊ/|[ʔʊ]}}
* {{hyph|uz|u}}

===Determiner===
{{head|uz|determiners}}

# {{lb|uz|distal demonstrative}} [[that]], [[those]]
#: {{ant|uz|bu|shu}}
#: {{uxi|uz|'''u''' [[eshik]]|'''that''' door}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|uz|pronouns|plural|ular}}

# {{lb|uz|distal demonstrative}} [[that]]
#: {{ant|uz|bu}}
#: {{uxi|uz|'''U''' [[eshik]].|'''That''' is a door.}}
# {{lb|uz|personal}} [[he]], [[she]], [[it]]

====Declension====
{{uz-personal pronouns}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}
* {{audio|vi|LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-u.wav|a=Ho Chi Minh City}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|vi|Perhaps {{vi-etym-sino|嫗|mother; old woman|hv=n|ẩu, ủ}}}}

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|𡠄}}

# {{lb|vi|northern Vietnam}} [[mother]]; [[mom]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|vi|mẹ}}, {{l|vi|mợ}}, {{l|vi|mạ}}, {{l|vi|má}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*ʔuː||[[hump]] (of a [[zebu]])}}.
{{wp|vi:khối u}}

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=[[khối]], [[cục]]|[[幽]], [[𢉾]]}}

# a [[nodule]]; [[protuberance]]; [[swelling]]
# {{lb|vi|oncology|pathology}} a [[tumor]]; [[neoplasm]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|vi|u mỡ|u xơ tử cung|u nang buồng trứng}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|vi|ung thư}}

====Verb====
{{vi-verb}}

# to [[get]] [[bumpy]]; to [[swell]]

===Etymology 3===
{{wp|vi:u (trò chơi)}}

====Noun====
{{vi-noun}}

# {{lb|vi|children's|_|game}} a [[game]] consists of two [[team]]s, where the offensive player has to chant ⟨u⟩ during offense

===Etymology 4===
From {{der|vi|pt|u}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun}}

# {{Latn-def|vi|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/vi}}

===Etymology 5===

====Romanization====
{{head|vi|romanization}}

# {{sino-vietnamese reading of|幽}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|vi|âm u|u tịch|u ám|u uất|u linh|u hồn|u buồn|u sầu|thâm u}}

{{cln|vi|letters}}
{{C|vi|Female|Parents}}

==Volapük==

===Conjunction===
{{head|vo|conjunctions}}

# [[or]]

====Alternative forms====
* {{q|in front of vowels}} {{l|vo|ud}}

==Watam==

===Pronoun===
{{head|wax|pronoun}}

# [[you]]

===References===
* {{R:Palmer:2018|page=208}}

==Welsh==

===Alternative forms===
* {{q|with [[grave accent]] to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel}}: {{l|cy|ù}}
* {{q|with [[acute accent]] to indicate unusually stressed short vowel}}: {{l|cy|ú}}
* {{q|with [[circumflex]] to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity}}: {{l|cy|û}}
* {{q|with [[diaeresis]] to indicate disyllabicity}}: {{l|cy|ü}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ɨː/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ˌiː ˈbeːdɔl/|/ˌiː ˈbɛdɔl/|/ˌiː ˈɡʊpan/|a=cy-S}}

===Letter===
{{letter|cy}}

# {{Latn-def|cy|letter|28|u|prec=th|foll=w}}

====Mutation====
* u cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take {{l|en|h-prothesis}}, for example with the word {{m|cy|uchelwydd||mistletoe}}:
{{cy-mut|uchelwydd}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/cy}}
{{list:Latin script letter names/cy}}

====Derived terms====
* Digraph sequences: {{l|cy|uw}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|f|au}}

# {{Latn-def|cy|name|U|u}}

====Mutation====
{{cy-mut|u}}

==Yekora==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ykr|ngf-bin-pro|*ju||blood}}. Cognate with {{cog|zia|yu||blood}}, {{cog|ghs|dzuu||blood}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ykr|noun}}

# [[blood]]

===References===
* {{cite book|year=2011|author=Jacinta Mary Smallhorn|title=The Binanderean languages of Papua New Guinea: reconstruction and subgrouping|location=Canberra|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|isbn=9789858836310|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146772|page=183}}

==Yele==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yle|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{letter|yle}}

# {{Latn-def|yle|letter}}

====Derived terms====
* The digraph {{angbr|'''uu'''}} transcribes the long vowel {{IPAfont|/uː/}}
* The digraph {{angbr|'''[[꞉u]]'''}} transcribes the nasal vowel {{IPAfont|/ũ/}}
* The trigraph {{angbr|'''꞉uu'''}} transcribes the long nasal vowel {{IPAfont|/ũː/}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/yle}}

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|yo|/u/}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|yo|/ú/}}

====Letter====
{{letter|yo}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|letter|23|ú}}

====Noun====
{{yo-pos|noun|ú}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|name|U|u}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/yo}}
{{list:Latin script letter names/yo}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{sense|mid-tone}} {{IPA|yo|/ū/}}
* {{sense|high-tone}} {{IPA|yo|/ú/}}

====Pronoun====
{{yo-pos|pronoun|u}}

# [[him]], [[her]], [[it]] {{gloss|third-person singular object pronoun following a [[monosyllabic]] verb with a high-tone /u/}}

====Pronoun====
{{yo-pos|pronoun|ú}}

# [[him]], [[her]], [[it]] {{gloss|third-person singular object pronoun following a [[monosyllabic]] verb with a low- or mid-tone /u/}}

====See also====
{{yo-personal pronouns}}

==Zou==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zom|tbq-kuk-pro|*ʔuu}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zom-IPA|u}}
* {{hyph|zom|u}}

===Noun===
{{zom-noun|u}}

# older [[sibling]]

===References===
* {{R:zom:Thanglienmang:2010|page=55}}
* {{R:zom:Singh:2013|page=41, 60}}

{{C|zom|Family members}}

==Zulu==

===Letter===
{{letter|zu}}

# {{Latn-def|zu|letter|21}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/zu/simple}}