English

Proper noun

Su

1. A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its variant forms.
   • 1950 C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Fontana Lions (1980), ISBN 0-00-671663-6, page 54:

     "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter.

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin (see: 蘇, traditional or 苏, simplified).

Anagrams

• U's, U.S., US, u's, us

Guerrero Amuzgo

Etymology

Probably from Spanish Jesús.

Proper noun

Su

1. Jesus

Turkish

Proper noun

Su

1. water
2. A female given name
3. A male given name

Awa-Cuaiquer

Noun

su

1. land, earth, ground

References

• Caracterización del pueblo Awa - Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

Azeri

Pronunciation

Noun

su ‎(definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

1. water

Declension

Basque

Noun

su

1. fire

Derived terms

• sukalde

Chuukese

Verb

su

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

Czech

Alternative forms

• jsu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

Verb

su

1. (dialect, Moravia) First person singular present tense 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

• jsem

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of sunnuntai.

Abbreviation

su

1. sunnuntai (Sunday)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy/
• Homophones: sue, suent, sues, sus, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

Verb

su m ‎(feminine singular 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.”

Related terms

• insu

Anagrams

• us

Gagauz

Noun

su

1. water

References

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

Guaraní

Number

su

1. thousand

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

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.

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old 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 […]

Interlingua

Determiner

su

1. (possessive) his
2. (possessive) her
3. (possessive) its

Usage notes

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

Italian

Etymology

From an older form suso, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin sūsum, which is a variant of Latin sūrsum.^[1] Cognate to French sus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Adverb

su

1. up, upstairs

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. 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.

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

• su due piedi
• su misura
• su richiesta

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Japanese

Romanization

su

1. rōmaji reading of す
2. rōmaji reading of ス

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʊ]

Preposition

sù ‎(with instrumental)

1. with

Antonyms

• be

Lojban

Cmavo

su

1. (metalinguistic eraser) deletes everything the speaker has said

Usage notes

If su occurs in a dialog, it deletes only what the speaker has said, unless he has said only su, in which case the whole discussion is deleted. It follows that the repetition susu always deletes the whole discussion.

Related terms

• si
• sa

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [su]

Verb

su

1. third-person plural present of byś
   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, ISBN 3-7420-1667-9, 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”, 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.

Mandarin

Romanization

su

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syː/

Pronoun

sü̂

1. (personal pronoun, third person, singular, feminine) Alternative form of sê.

Norman

Etymology 1

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

Noun

su m ‎(uncountable)

1. (France) south

Alternative forms

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

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

Pronoun

su

1. accusative and genitive of son

Old English

Noun

sū f

1. sow (female pig)

See also

• sugu

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

su ‎(third person possessive of singular, plural sus)

1. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo His, her, its, one's, their.

   Vino con su amigo.‎

   He came with his friend.

   Habló a sus hijas.‎

   He spoke to his daughters.

2. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo Your.

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."

Related terms

Adverb

su

1. About, approximately.

   pesa sus dos kilogramos = it weighs about two kilograms.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 ‎(sub/suv/suγ), from Proto-Turkic *sɨb, *sub ‎(“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu]
• Hyphenation: su

Noun

su ‎(definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

1. water
2. juice

Derived terms

Declension

References

• su on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suu.

Noun

su

1. mouth

Inflection

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], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Western Yugur

Noun

su

1. water

Reference

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