su

su

See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Sundanese, from Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda).

Symbol

su

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Sundanese.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Sundanese terms

English

Etymology

See xu.

Noun

su (plural su)

  1. Alternative form of xu (former Vietnamese currency).
    • 1970, Bernard John Hurren, Airports of the World, page 105:
      100 su = 1 Vietnam dong
    • 2015, Kim Huynh, Vietnam as if...: Tales of youth, love and destiny, page 4:
      Old people pine for the days when a serving of rice cost a 100 su coin.

Ahtna

Enclitic

su

  1. An emphatic enclitic that adds emphasis to the preceding word.
  • cʼasu (perhaps)

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 468

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz. Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

su m

  1. (Issime, Formazza) son

References

Aromanian

Preposition

su

  1. alternative form of sum

Awa-Cuaiquer

Noun

su

  1. land, earth, ground

References

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic су
Arabic سو

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [su]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular) (countable, uncountable)

  1. water
    stəkana su tökməkto pour water into a glass
    Bəzi ölkərdə əhalinin təmiz içməli suyu yoxdur.
    In some countries, the population doesn't have clean drinking water.
  2. juice
    armud suyupear juice.
    Pomidorun suyu buxarlanıb yalnız “əti” qalmalıdır.The juice of the tomato should vaporize and only the "meat" remain.

Declension

The words , su and mənşə (and sometimes mövqe) are the only ones in Azerbaijani to take a y in the singular accusative, genitive, and dative cases, and in the singular possessive forms.

Declension of su
singular plural
nominative susular
definite accusative suyusuları
dative suyasulara
locative sudasularda
ablative sudansulardan
definite genitive suyunsuların
Possessive forms of su
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) suyum sularım
sənin (your) suyun suların
onun (his/her/its) suyu suları
bizim (our) suyumuz sularımız
sizin (your) suyunuz sularınız
onların (their) suyu or suları suları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) suyumu sularımı
sənin (your) suyunu sularını
onun (his/her/its) suyunu sularını
bizim (our) suyumuzu sularımızı
sizin (your) suyunuzu sularınızı
onların (their) suyunu or sularını sularını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) suyuma sularıma
sənin (your) suyuna sularına
onun (his/her/its) suyuna sularına
bizim (our) suyumuza sularımıza
sizin (your) suyunuza sularınıza
onların (their) suyuna or sularına sularına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) suyumda sularımda
sənin (your) suyunda sularında
onun (his/her/its) suyunda sularında
bizim (our) suyumuzda sularımızda
sizin (your) suyunuzda sularınızda
onların (their) suyunda or sularında sularında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) suyumdan sularımdan
sənin (your) suyundan sularından
onun (his/her/its) suyundan sularından
bizim (our) suyumuzdan sularımızdan
sizin (your) suyunuzdan sularınızdan
onların (their) suyundan or sularından sularından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) suyumun sularımın
sənin (your) suyunun sularının
onun (his/her/its) suyunun sularının
bizim (our) suyumuzun sularımızın
sizin (your) suyunuzun sularınızın
onların (their) suyunun or sularının sularının

Derived terms

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *su.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̺u/ [s̺u]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: su

Noun

su inan

  1. fire

Declension

Declension of su (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive su sua suak suok
ergative suk suak suek suok
dative suri suari suei suoi
genitive suren suaren suen suon
comitative surekin suarekin suekin suokin
causative surengatik suarengatik suengatik suongatik
benefactive surentzat suarentzat suentzat suontzat
instrumental suz suaz suez suotaz
inessive sutan suan suetan suotan
locative sutako suko suetako suotako
allative sutara sura suetara suotara
terminative sutaraino suraino suetaraino suotaraino
directive sutarantz surantz suetarantz suotarantz
destinative sutarako surako suetarako suotarako
ablative sutatik sutik suetatik suotatik
partitive surik
prolative sutzat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: socarrat

Further reading

  • su”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • su”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu/ [ˈsu]
  • Hyphenation: su

Article

su (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓ)

  1. (Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) direct marker placed before common nouns
    Synonym: si
    Kinua ko na su pakete.
    I already got the package

See also

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish su.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu/, [ˈsu]

Adjective

su

  1. (formal, before a noun) his; her; its
    Synonym: de suyo

Chungli Ao

Noun

su

  1. plate, dish

Further reading

  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 148

Chuukese

Verb

su

  1. to depart (on a journey)
  2. to go

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsu]

Verb

su

  1. (dialect, Moravia) first-person singular present of být

Usage notes

  • Only used in grammatical contexts where být (to be) is used as a main verb; where it is an auxiliary verb the standard form jsem is used. The same speaker would, for example, say "su doma" (= I'm at home) but "dorazil jsem" (= I (have) arrived).

Synonyms

Estonian

Pronoun

su

  1. genitive singular of sa

Usage notes

  • Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, sinu (genitive of sina) is used.

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: su

Determiner

su f sg

  1. (Lagarteiru) apocopic form of súa (his, her, its, their)

Usage notes

  • Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine singular noun as part of a noun phrase.

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns
possessee
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
possessor first person singular mei miña meis miñas
plural nosu nosa nosus nosas
second person singular tei túa, tu1 teis túas, tus1
plural vosu vosa vosus vosas
third person sei súa, su1 seis súas, sus1

1 Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 256

Finnish

Noun

su

  1. abbreviation of sunnuntai (Sunday)

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French sceu, from Old French seu, from Late Latin *sapūtum.

Pronunciation

Participle

su (feminine sue, masculine plural sus, feminine plural sues)

  1. past participle of savoir: known
    J'avais su qu'elle mentait.
    I had known that she was lying.

Etymology 2

contraction of sur

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy/

Contraction

su

  1. (colloquial, Quebec) sur

Further reading

Anagrams

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish صُو (su), from Proto-Turkic *sub. [1] Compare Turkish su, Azerbaijani su, Turkmen suw, Crimean Tatar suv [2]

Pronunciation

Noun

su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

  1. water
    çöşmä suyutap water
    saa olmaa deyni lääzım su içäsin
    you should drink water to be healthy
  2. body of water
  3. juice
    limon suyulemon juice
  4. essence
    gül suyurose essence

Declension

Declension of su
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) su sular
definite accusative (belirtme) suyu suları
dative (yönelme) suya sulara
locative (bulunma) suda sularda
ablative (çıkma) sudan sulardan
genitive (tamlayan) suyun suların

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “su”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007

Further reading

  • Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “su”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 72
  • Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “su”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 146
  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “su”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, pages 435, 436
  • İsmail Ulutaş, Relative Clauses in Gagauz Syntax (2004)

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Root

su

  1. Usually has interrogative meaning.

Usage notes

Like pi, su is not used on its own, but must be supplied with affixes or inflectional endings.

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronoun

  1. they (third person plural independent subject pronoun)

See also

  • músù (3rd person plural indirect object enclitic pronoun)
  • (3rd person plural independent object pronoun)
  • -sù (3rd person plural possessive enclitic pronoun)
Hausa personal pronouns
independent pronouns
singular plural
1st person
2nd person m kai
f
3rd person m shī
f ita
direct object pronouns*
singular plural
1st person ni mu
2nd person m ka ku
f ki
3rd person m shi su
f ta
indirect object pronouns
singular plural
1st person minì manà
2nd person m makà mukù
f mikì
3rd person m masà musù
f matà
* The default tone of the direct object pronouns is high, but it usually changes to low immediately after a high tone, unless that high tone is part of a verb with a high-low-high pattern.
See also the Hausa possessive pronouns.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sùː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sùː]

Ideophone

sū̀

  1. slithering, sliding

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of su – see (“human body; body; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto si, from French se, Italian , Spanish se, ultimately from Latin , from Proto-Indo-European *swé +‎ -u (personal pronoun ending).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

su (reflexive, possessive sua, possessive plural sui)

  1. self, oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun, 3rd person, singular or plural)
    La soldati defensis su brave.
    The soldiers defended themselves bravely.

See also

Personal pronouns in Ido
singular plural
nominative possessive nominative possessive
singular plural singular plural
first person  me  mea  mei  ni  nia  nii
second person formal  vu  vua  vui  vi  via  vii
familiar  tu  tua  tui
third person masculine  ilu, il  ilua  ilui  ili  ilia  ilii
feminine  elu, el  elua  elui  eli  elia  elii
neuter  olu, ol  olua  olui  oli  olia  olii
common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
  • The possessive plurals are seldom used.
  • The shortened forms are preferred.
  • The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Ili Turki

Noun

su

  1. water

References

  • Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from Latin suus, from Old Latin *sovos, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.

Pronoun

su

  1. (Diu) third-person possessive pronoun; his; her; its
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, []
      The youngest one told his father []

Descendants

  • Macanese: su

Interlingua

Determiner

su (possessive)

  1. his
  2. her
  3. its

Usage notes

  • Does not decline on the basis of gender or number.

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

Pronoun

su

  1. what
    Su??
    What??

Isoko

Alternative forms

Verb

su

  1. (transitive) to sing

Usage notes

The verb is normally accompanied by "ole" (song).

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin sūsum.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsu/*
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation:

    Adverb

    su

    1. up, upstairs
      Antonym: giù

    Derived terms

    Interjection

    su

    1. come on!

    Preposition

    su

    1. on, upon, onto, on top
      Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola.
      English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.
    2. on (a website)
      su Twitteron Twitter
    3. over
      L'orologio sul polsino della camicia era il marchio di fabbrica di Gianni Agnelli.
      The watch over the shirt cuff was Gianni Agnelli's trademark.
    4. about, on
      Gli italiani non sono d'accordo su molte cose sul come cucinare la pasta e soprattutto sul condimento.
      Italians don't agree on many things about how to cook pasta and especially on the sauce.
    5. above
      La Paz, che sorge a circa 3600 metri sul livello del mare, è la più alta capitale del mondo.
      La Paz, which lies about 3600 metres above sea level, is the world's highest capital city.
    6. in, out of
      Un europeo su cinque avrà più di 65 anni entro il 2025.
      One in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old by year 2025.

    Usage notes

    • When followed by the definite article, su combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
    su + article Combined form
    su + il sul
    su + lo sullo
    su + l' sull'
    su + i sui
    su + gli sugli
    su + la sulla
    su + le sulle

    Derived terms

    References

    Italiot Greek

    Pronoun

    su (Greek spelling σού, strong personal pronoun)

    1. contraction of esù (you)
    Second person pronoun forms
    Number (style) singular (familiar) plural (formal)
    strong weak strong weak
    nominative esù / isù esì / isì
    genitive (e)sena su esà sas
    accusative (e)sena se esà sas
    vocative esù / isù esì / isì

    These terms double as possessive pronouns.
    All personal pronoun forms are displayed at evò (I).

    Japanese

    Romanization

    su

    1. The hiragana syllable (su) or the katakana syllable (su) in Hepburn romanization.

    Kamkata-viri

    Etymology

    From Proto-Nuristani *swayya, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHaryáH, from *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.[1]

    Noun

    su f (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

    1. sun

    References

    1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
    2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “s′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]
    3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

    Koro (India)

    Etymology

    Cognate with Apatani , Hruso fu, Idu , Miji ʃu, Khumi Chin si.

    Noun

    su

    1. mithun

    Ladino

    Adjective

    su (plural sus)

    1. his, her, its
    2. (often in the plural) their

    Usage notes

    For many speakers, su agrees with the antecedent in number, rather than with the noun being described.

    Lithuanian

    Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śun, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm, or from Proto-Indo-European *som-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈsʊ]
    • Rhymes:
    • Syllabification:

    Preposition

    (with instrumental)

    1. with
      1. identifies the object of a reciprocal action
        kalbėtis su drauguto talk with a friend
      2. identifies accompanying people or objects
        mama su vaikaismom with [her] children
        gerti arbatą su pienuto drink tea with milk
      3. identifies an ingredient, feature, or contents
        dėžutė su dokumentaisa box of documents
        pyragas su braškėmispie with strawberries
      4. identifies time by means of a simultaneous event
        keltis su sauleto rise with the sun
      5. compares two things that are similar/identical
        panašus su tėčiu.I'm similar to [my] father.
      6. identifies the state of a subject during an action
        kalbėti su šypsenato speak with a smile
      7. identifies an instrument (equivalent to using the instrumental without su)
        valgyti su šakuteto eat with a fork

    Usage notes

    "Su" can also be used to greet a person on a festival, akin to с (s) in Russian and з (z) in Ukrainian. For example: "Su nepriklausomybės diena" (Happy Independence Day) and "Su Kalėdom" (Happy Christmas).

    Antonyms

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “su”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

    Further reading

    • Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “3. Morphology § 8.29”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, page 419

    Lombard

    Etymology

    Akin to Italian su, from Latin sursum.

    Adverb

    su

    1. up

    Lower Sorbian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [su]

    Verb

    su

    1. third-person plural present of byś
      • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
        Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.
        Somewhat further on is the Old Market.
      • 2011 September 27, I. Neumannojc, “Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury”, in Nowy Casnik:
        Sadowe bomy w burskich gumnach a teke na dwórach su typiske za naš region.
        Fruit trees in farmers’ gardens and even in courtyards are typical for our region.

    Macanese

    Etymology

    From Indo-Portuguese su, from Old Galician-Portuguese seu.

    Pronoun

    su

    1. third-person reflexive possessive pronoun: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
      Cad'unga co su teladoEveryone with their own roof
      Atúto qui boniteza, ja dâ unga ucho pa su mai
      Atúto is so sweet, he kissed his mother
      Quiánca ta virá ficá nhum, nina azinha têm su sium.
      A boy is growing into a young man, a girl quickly has her mister.

    Usage notes

    • While êle-sa can be used in a somewhat similar manner as the third-person possessive pronoun, su in particular carries a reflexive sense, as in "his own", "her own", etc. This is akin to the Balto-Slavic usage of savo, swój, свой (svoj), and so on, albeit usually only for the third person, rarely extending to the second person.
    • Essentially functionally equivalent to onçóm-sa, although this latter formation is less common.

    See also

    Macanese personal pronouns and possessives
    person pronoun possessive
    singular first iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua#
    second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua#
    third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua#
    plural first nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua#
    second vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
    third ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#
    reflexive
    (all persons)
    onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#

    # Dated.   * Rare.

    References

    Mandarin

    Romanization

    su

    1. nonstandard spelling of
    2. nonstandard spelling of
    3. nonstandard spelling of

    Usage notes

    • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

    Middle French

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    su m

    1. south

    Middle Low German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /syː/

    Pronoun

    sü̂

    1. alternative form of (she)

    Verb

    sü̂

    1. imperative singular of sên (to see)

    Mizo

    Etymology

    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *suu.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    su (stem II sûk)

    1. to wash

    Further reading

    Norman

    Etymology 1

    From Old French sud, su (south), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

    Noun

    su m (uncountable)

    1. (continental) south
    Alternative forms

    Etymology 2

    From Old French sur (sour, bitter), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (sour, acidic, salty, damp), from Proto-Indo-European *sūro- (sour, salty, bitter).

    Adjective

    su

    1. (Jersey) sour

    Northern Sami

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    su

    1. accusative/genitive of son

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse , accusative singular indefinite of sýr f, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

    Noun

    su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)

    1. a sow, especially used for breeding
      Synonyms: purke, sugge

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse súð.

    Noun

    su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • sy (to sew)
    • syl m
    • saum m (seam)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)

    1. (dialectal) flow of waves at a beach
    2. (dialectal) a slipstream
    Synonyms
    • (flow of waves): bølgegang, båregang

    References

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon , Old High German (whence German Sau), Old Norse sýr (whence Swedish so). Other Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Latin sus, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /suː/
    • Rhymes: -uː

    Noun

     f

    1. sow (female pig)

    Declension

    singular plural
    nominative
    accusative
    genitive , sūe, sūwe sūa, sūwa
    dative sūm, sūum, sūwum

    See also

    Pali

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Sanskrit श्‍रु (ś‍ru).

      Root

      su

      1. to hear
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          121. Su savane saka sattimhi
          khi khayamhi gi saddane
          apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
          hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.
          121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.
      Derived terms
      Non-present participles, gerundives, absolutives and infinitives
      Pali terms belonging to the root su (hear) (0 c, 11 e)

      Etymology 2

        Inherited from Sanskrit स्रु (sru).

        Root

        su

        1. to flow
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            83. su hiṃsā-kulasandhāna-
            yātrādisu su passave
            su sadde su pasavane
            si save ca si sevane.
            83. su for hurting, uniting clans, / travelling, etc., su for hearing, / su for making sound, su for flowing, / si for lying down and si for associating.
        Usage notes

        The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes.

        Derived terms
        Nouns
        Pali terms belonging to the root su (flow) (0 c, 8 e)

        Paraguayan Guarani

        Etymology

        From guasu (big).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /su/
        • Rhymes: -u

        Number

        su

        1. thousand

        References

        Salar

        Etymology

        From Proto-Turkic *sub.

        Noun

        su (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

        1. water

        References

        Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “su”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka

        Sardinian

        Alternative forms

        • s' (apocopated, used before vowels)

        Etymology

        From Latin ipsum, accusative singular of ipse (himself).

        Pronunciation

        Article

        su m (plural (Logudorese, Nuorese) sos or (Campidanese) is, feminine sa)

        1. (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese) the (masculine singular definite article)

        References

        • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
        • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “ísse”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

        Serbo-Croatian

        Verb

        su (Cyrillic spelling су)

        1. third-person plural present of bȉti

        Sicilian

        Etymology

        From Vulgar Latin *ipsu, from Latin ipsum, from ipse.

        Article

        su m sg (f sa, plural si)

        1. alternative form of lu (rare)
        Sicilian articles
        singular plural
        masculine feminine
        indefinite article nu, un, 'n na
        definite
        article
        liquid lu la li
        illiquid u, û a, â i, î

        Spanish

        Etymology

        Inherited from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /su/ [su]
        • Audio (Colombia):(file)
        • Rhymes: -u
        • Syllabification: su

        Determiner

        su (third person possessive of singular, plural sus)

        1. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal)
          Vino con su amigo.
          He came with his friend.
          Habló a sus hijas.
          She spoke to her daughters.
          1. used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
            Pesa sus dos kilogramos.
            It weighs about two kilograms.
            (literally, “It weighs its two kilograms.”)

        Usage notes

        • The forms su and sus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of suyo is used instead:
        Son sus libros. — “[They] are his books.”
        Son los libros suyos. — “[They] are his books.” (“...the books of him.”)
        Son los suyos. — "[They] are his."

        Besides being a pronoun, because su occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as a determiner (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).

        Spanish possessive determiners
        possessor preposed postposed or standalone
        singular
        possessee
        plural
        possessee
        singular possessee plural possessee
        masculine feminine masculine feminine
        first person singular mi mis mío mía míos mías
        plural (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
        second person singular tu tus tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
        plural (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
        third person su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

        Further reading

        Sumerian

        Romanization

        su

        1. romanization of 𒋢 (su)

        Tarifit

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Proto-Berber *ăswəʔ.

        Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵡ (sw, to drink), Tashelhit su (to drink), Kabyle sew (to drink), Northern Saharan Berber sew (to drink), Ghadames esw (to drink), Tuareg ăšu, ǝšu, ǝsw (to drink).

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        su (verbal noun tissi, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓ)

        1. (transitive) to drink
          Synonyms: jeɣded, jɣar, ward
          Yeswa aman-enni marra.He drank all that water.
        2. (transitive, by extension) to get drunk, to drink alcohol
          Synonyms: scar, qeddeḥ, gagar
          Isess.He drinks (alcohol).
        3. (transitive) to absorb, to draw in, to soak up
          Synonym: beqbeq
        4. (transitive) to swallow
          Synonyms: ṣarḍ, scef, sseɣři, ssarkeb, ǧeɣ, jjeř, cc, ḥřu
        5. (transitive) to smoke (tobacco, cannabis)
          Synonyms: kiyyef, bewweɛ, kma, jbed

        Conjugation

        This verb needs an inflection-table template.

        Derived terms

        • imeswi (drinker)
        • (causative) sessu (to make drink, to water, to irrigate)
          • (verbal noun) asessu
        • tasast (trough)
        • tassawt (irrigation)
        • tissi (drinks, beverages)
        • (passive) twassu (to be absorbed)

        Tashelhit

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăswəʔ (to drink), from Proto-Afroasiatic.

        Compare Senhaja de Srair seḇ, su (to drink), Awjila šu (to drink), Ghadames ăsw (to drink), Zenaga äšbi(ʔ) (to drink); Proto-Chadic *sVhVw/y- (to drink)[1], whence Hausa sha (to drink).

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        su (verbal noun tissi, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓ, Arabic spelling سو)

        1. to drink
        2. to smoke
        3. to irrigate, to water
        4. to absorb
        5. to lose oneself, to be overwhelmed
        6. (figuratively) to score (a goal)

        Derived terms

        • imswi (drinker)
        • imswi n waggu (smoker)
        • isswi (irrigation)
        • sessu (to water)
        • tissi (drinks, beverages)

        References

        1. ^ Olga Stolbova (2016), Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎[2], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 297
        • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2108b

        Tocharian B

        Pronoun

        su

        1. he, she, it

        See also

        Tok Pisin

        Etymology

        From English shoe.

        Noun

        su

        1. shoe

        Turkish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /su/, [sʊ]
        • Hyphenation: su
        • Audio:(file)

        Etymology 1

        From Ottoman Turkish صو (su), from earlier *suv, from Proto-Turkic *sub (water). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (sub).

        Noun

        su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

        1. water
        2. juice
        Declension

        The declension of su is somewhat irregular: the genitive form of the singular is suyun and not sunun; also, the third-person-singular possessive is suyu and not susu.

        Declension of su
        singular plural
        nominative su sular
        definite accusative suyu suları
        dative suya sulara
        locative suda sularda
        ablative sudan sulardan
        genitive suyun suların
        Possessive forms
        nominative
        singular plural
        1st singular suyum sularım
        2nd singular suyun suların
        3rd singular suyu suları
        1st plural suyumuz sularımız
        2nd plural suyunuz sularınız
        3rd plural suları suları
        definite accusative
        singular plural
        1st singular suyumu sularımı
        2nd singular suyunu sularını
        3rd singular suyunu sularını
        1st plural suyumuzu sularımızı
        2nd plural suyunuzu sularınızı
        3rd plural sularını sularını
        dative
        singular plural
        1st singular suyuma sularıma
        2nd singular suyuna sularına
        3rd singular suyuna sularına
        1st plural suyumuza sularımıza
        2nd plural suyunuza sularınıza
        3rd plural sularına sularına
        locative
        singular plural
        1st singular suyumda sularımda
        2nd singular suyunda sularında
        3rd singular suyunda sularında
        1st plural suyumuzda sularımızda
        2nd plural suyunuzda sularınızda
        3rd plural sularında sularında
        ablative
        singular plural
        1st singular suyumdan sularımdan
        2nd singular suyundan sularından
        3rd singular suyundan sularından
        1st plural suyumuzdan sularımızdan
        2nd plural suyunuzdan sularınızdan
        3rd plural sularından sularından
        genitive
        singular plural
        1st singular suyumun sularımın
        2nd singular suyunun sularının
        3rd singular suyunun sularının
        1st plural suyumuzun sularımızın
        2nd plural suyunuzun sularınızın
        3rd plural sularının sularının
        Predicative forms
        singular plural
        1st singular suyum sularım
        2nd singular susun sularsın
        3rd singular su
        sudur
        sular
        sulardır
        1st plural suyuz sularız
        2nd plural susunuz sularsınız
        3rd plural sular sulardır
        Derived terms
        juice
        proper nouns

        Etymology 2

        Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish صو (su), from Proto-Turkic *sü (army).

        Noun

        su

        1. only used in su uyur, düşman uyumaz
        Derived terms

        Further reading

        • su”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

        Upper Sorbian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈsu/
        • Rhymes: -u
        • Syllabification: su

        Verb

        su

        1. third-person plural present of być
          Woni su na pućowanjach.
          They are traveling.

        Uyghur

        Noun

        su

        1. Latin spelling of سۇ (su)

        Veps

        Etymology

        From Proto-Finnic *suu.

        Noun

        su

        1. mouth

        Inflection

        Inflection of su (inflection type 13/ma)
        nominative sing. su
        genitive sing. sun
        partitive sing. sud
        partitive plur. suid
        singular plural
        nominative su sud
        accusative sun sud
        genitive sun suiden
        partitive sud suid
        essive-instructive sun suin
        translative suks suikš
        inessive sus suiš
        elative suspäi suišpäi
        illative suhu suihe
        adessive sul suil
        ablative sulpäi suilpäi
        allative sule suile
        abessive suta suita
        comitative sunke suidenke
        prolative sudme suidme
        approximative I sunno suidenno
        approximative II sunnoks suidennoks
        egressive sunnopäi suidennopäi
        terminative I suhusai suihesai
        terminative II sulesai suilesai
        terminative III sussai
        additive I suhupäi suihepäi
        additive II sulepäi suilepäi

        Derived terms

        • azegensu
        • avoinsu
        • hijamsu
        • magedsu
        • oružjsu
        • sulagi
        • sunkibu

        References

        • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пасть, рот, устье”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

        Vietnamese

        Pronunciation

        • (Vinh) IPA(key): [ʂu˧˥]

        Adjective

        su

        1. North Central Vietnam form of sâu (deep)
          nác sudeep water

        Welsh

        Noun

        su m (plural suon, not mutable)

        1. alternative form of si

        Western Yugur

        Etymology

        Inherited from Old Uyghur 𐽻𐽳𐽱 (swβ /⁠suv⁠/), itself from Proto-Turkic *sub.

        Noun

        su

        1. water

        Compound terms

        References

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        White Hmong

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ʂu˧/

        Etymology 1

        From Proto-Hmongic *sjɛŋᶜ (midday meal),[1]

        Noun

        su

        1. noon
        2. the noon meal, midday meal
        Derived terms
        • noj su (to eat lunch)
        • tav su (noon)

        Etymology 2

        Verb

        su

        1. to swell, rise
        2. (of bread, cakes, etc.) to increase in volume

        References

        • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary[5], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.
        1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.