jü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ju"

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

• juk (Western Kata-viri)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *jūtā, from earlier *duyitā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒy/

Noun

jü f (Kamviri)

1. daughter

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʏ/

Pronoun

jü

1. (Mooring, Sylt) she (third-person singular feminine personal pronoun)

   Jü as min süster. ― She is my sister.

Usage notes

• On Föhr and Amrum this pronoun is obsolete like the article form; see below. The pronoun hat is used instead.

Alternative forms

• 's (reduced form)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooring dialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		masculine referent	feminine / neuter / plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced
singular	1st	ik	'k	me		man	min
	2nd	dü	–	de		dan	din
	3rd m.	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin
	3rd f.	jü	's	har	's	harn	har
	3rd n.	hat	et, 't	ham	et, 't	san	sin
plural	1st	we		üs		üüsen	üüs
	2nd	jam	'm	jam		jarnge
	3rd	ja	's	ja, jam	's	jare
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		singular referent	plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced		attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi		min		minen
	2nd	dü	–	di		din		dinen
	3rd m.	hi	'r	höm	'n	sin		sinen
	3rd f.	jü	's	höör	's	höör		höören
	3rd n.	hat	et, 't	höm	et, 't	sin		sinen
dual	1st	wat		unk				unken
	2nd	at		junk				junken
	3rd	jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st	wü		üüs				üüsen
	2nd	i		juu				juuen
	3rd	ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Article

jü

1. (Mooring) the (feminine singular, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced) e

Usage notes

• On Föhr and Amrum, the form jü was still attested in the 19th century, but is now obsolete. The feminine gender has been merged into the neuter; see det.
• On Sylt, the feminine has been merged into the masculine instead; see di.

See also

Articles (Mooring dialect)

		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
definite / demonstrative	full	di	jü	dåt	da
	reduced	e		et	e
indefinite / numeral	full	ån	iinj		—
	reduced	en
negative		nån	niinj
The reduced neuter article et may contract with most prepositions. Such contractions are spelt as single words, e.g. önjt (“in the”).

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy/

Preposition

jü

1. until
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Poszedelo de düp telid jü folid.

     From two till four o’clock in the afternoon.

   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     De 1852 jü 1855 ästudom in niver tö ‚Freiburg im Breisgau’ Godavi, pükavi, filosopi, jenavi e sanavi.

     From 1852 to 1855 he studied theology, philology, philosophy, history and medicine at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau.