su

su

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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.

• ŝchu

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

su m

1. (Issime, Formazza) son

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

su

1. Alternative form of sum

su

1. land, earth, ground

• Caracterización del pueblo Awa - Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

Other scripts

Cyrillic		су
Abjad		صو

From Proto-Turkic *sub.

• IPA^(key): [su]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

1. water

   stəkana su tökmək ― to 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 suyu ― pear juice.

   Pomidorun suyu buxarlanıb yalnız “əti” qalmalıdır. ― The juice of the tomato should vaporize and only the "meat" remain.

The words nə and su (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	su	sular
definite accusative	suyu	suları
dative	suya	sulara
locative	suda	sularda
ablative	sudan	sulardan
definite genitive	suyun	suların

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

• sulu (“watery, juicy”)
• susuz (“waterless”)
  • susuzluq (“drought”)
• sulamaq (“to water”)

• sü (Souletin)

From Proto-Basque *su.

• IPA^(key): /s̺u/ [s̺u]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: su

su inan

1. fire

• sukalde

• Catalan: socarrat
  • Spanish: socarrat

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu/ [ˈsu]

su

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) direct marker placed before common nouns

   Synonym: si

   Kinua ko na su pakete.

   I already got the package

su

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

• jsu

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu]

su

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

• 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).

• jsem

su

1. genitive singular of sa

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

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

su f sg

1. (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of súa (“his, her, its, their”)

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

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

su

1. Abbreviation of sunnuntai (“Sunday”).

• -us, us.

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

• IPA^(key): /sy/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: sue, suent, sues, sus, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

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.

• insu m

• “su”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• us

su

1. water

• İsmail Ulutaş, Relative Clauses in Gagauz Syntax (2004)

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /su/, [sʊ]

su

1. Usually has interrogative meaning.

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

• IPA^(key): /su/

su

1. thousand

sū

1. they (third person plural independent subject pronoun)

• músù (3rd person plural indirect object enclitic pronoun)
• sú (3rd person plural independent object pronoun)
• -sù (3rd person plural possessive enclitic pronoun)

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

sū̀

1. slithering, sliding

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

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

• IPA^(key): /su/

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.

su

1. water

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

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

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 […]

• Macanese: su

su (possessive)

1. his
2. her
3. its

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

• sua
• su

su

1. what

   Su??

   What??

• suso, soso (archaic)
• sù (misspelling)

Inherited from Latin sūsum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu/^*

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: sù

su

1. up, upstairs

   Antonym: giù

su

1. come on!

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. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

• 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

• su due piedi
• su misura
• su richiesta

• su in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

su (Greek spelling σού, strong personal pronoun)

1. Contraction of esù (“you”).

su

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

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

su

1. mithun

su (Latin spelling, plural sus)

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): [sʊ]

sù (with instrumental)

1. with
   1. identifies the object of a reciprocal action

      kalbėtis su draugu ― to talk with a friend

   2. identifies accompanying people or objects

      mama su vaikais ― mom with [her] children

      gerti arbatą su pienu ― to drink tea with milk

   3. identifies an ingredient, feature, or contents

      dėžutė su dokumentais ― a box of documents

      pyragas su braškėmis ― pie with strawberries

   4. identifies time by means of a simultaneous event

      keltis su saule ― to rise with the sun

   5. compares two things that are similar/identical

      Aš panašus su tėčiu. ― I'm similar to [my] father.

   6. identifies the state of a subject during an action

      kalbėti su šypsena ― to speak with a smile

   7. identifies an instrument (equivalent to using the instrumental without su)

      valgyti su šakute ― to eat with a fork

"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).

• be

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

Akin to Italian su, from Latin sursum.

su

1. up

• IPA^(key): [su]

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.

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

su

1. third-person reflexive possessive pronoun: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)

   Cad'unga co su telado ― Everyone 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.

• 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.

• sa, sua

Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Possessive	Plural	Possessive	Reflexive	Possessive
First	iou, io, mi*, ieu*	iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua#	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua#	onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua#	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua#	ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

su

1. Nonstandard spelling of sū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sù.

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /syː/

sü̂

1. Alternative form of sê (“she”).

sü̂

1. imperative singular of sên (“to see”)

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

su m (uncountable)

1. (France) south

• sud (Jersey, Guernsey)
• süük (Sark)

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”).

su

1. (Jersey) sour

su

1. accusative/genitive of son

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

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

1. a sow, especially used for breeding

   Synonyms: purke, sugge

From Old Norse súð.

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”)

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

1. (dialectal) flow of waves at a beach
2. (dialectal) a slipstream

• (flow of waves): bølgegang, båregang

• syda, syde (“to seethe”)

• “su” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /suː/

sū f

1. sow (female pig)

• sugu

From Proto-Turkic *sub.

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

1. water

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

• s' (apocopated, used before vowels)

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

• IPA^(key): /su/

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

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

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

su (Cyrillic spelling су)

1. third-person plural present of bȉti

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

su m sg (f sa, plural si)

1. Alternative form of lu (rare)

Sicilian articles
	Masculine	Feminine
indefinite singular	un, nu	na
definite singular	lu, û	la, â
definite plural	li, î	li, î

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

• IPA^(key): /su/ [su]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: su

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.”)

• 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).

• “su”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

su

1. Romanization of 𒋢 (su)

• sew

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

su (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓ)

1. (transitive) to drink
2. (transitive) to absorb, to draw in, to soak up
3. (transitive) to swallow

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: tissi (“to act of drinking”)
• Causative: sessu (“to make drink; to water; to irrigate”)
  • Verbal noun: asessu
• Passive: twassu (“to be absorbed”)
• tissi (“drinks, beverages”)
• tassawt (“irrigation”)
• tasast (“trough”)
• imeswi (“drinker”)

su

1. he, she, it

• ñaś
• tuwe
• wes
• yes

From English shoe.

su

1. shoe

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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

1. water
2. juice

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.

Inflection
Nominative	su
Definite accusative	suyu
	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

• “su”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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

su

1. third-person plural present of być

   Woni su na pućowanjach.

   They are traveling.

su

1. Latin spelling of سۇ (su)

From Proto-Finnic *suu.

su

1. mouth

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

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

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “пасть, рот, устье”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• (Vinh) IPA^(key): [ʂu˧˥]

su

1. North Central Vietnam form of sâu (“deep”)

   nác su ― deep water

su m (plural suon, not mutable)

1. Alternative form of si

From Proto-Turkic *sub, compare Turkish su.

su

1. water

• Léi Xuănchūn, Xībù Yùgù-Hàn Cídiăn, Chéngdŭ, Sichuan Minzu Chubanshe, 1992

• IPA^(key): /ʂu˧/

From Proto-Hmong *sjɛŋᶜ (“midday meal”),^[1]

su

1. noon
2. the noon meal, midday meal

su

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

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.