u'

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ubī (where).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu/°
  • Rhymes: -u

Adverb

u'

  1. (obsolete, poetic) where
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VII, page 116:
      [] fin ch'al Verbo di Dio discender piacque
      u' la natura, che dal suo fattore
      s'era allungata, unì a sé in persona
      con l'atto sol del suo etterno amore.
      [] till to descend it pleased the Word of God
      to where the nature, which from its own Maker
      estranged itself, he joined to him in person
      by the sole act of his eternal love.
    1. (followed by che) everywhere, anywhere

Synonyms

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuʔ]

Noun

u' (Lontara spelling ᨕᨘ)

  1. (anatomy) hair (filament which grows on the human head)
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