ву

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 五 (wǔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vou⁵¹/

Numeral

ву • (vu) (II)

1. five

Udmurt

Ву.

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *vå, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Eastern Mari вӱд (vüd) and Finnish vesi.

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian ва (va) and Komi-Permyak ва (va).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ву

Noun

ву • (vu)

1. water

Declension

Declension of ву (hard declension, no plural)

	singular
nominative	ву vu
accusative	вуэз vuez
genitive	вулэн vulen
dative	вулы vuly
ablative	вулэсь vuleś
instrumental	вуэн vuen
abessive	вутэк vutek
adverbial	вуя vuja
inessive	вуын vuyn
illative	вуэ vue
elative	вуысь vuyś
egressive	вуысьен vuyśjen
terminative	вуозь vuoź
prolative	вутӥ vuti
allative	вулань vulań

Possessive forms of ву

1st singular possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вуэ vue
accusative	вуме vume
genitive	вуэлэн vuelen
dative	вуэлы vuely
ablative	вуэлэсь vueleś
instrumental	вуэным vuenym

2nd singular possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вуэд vued
accusative	вудэ vude
genitive	вуэдлэн vuedlen
dative	вуэдлы vuedly
ablative	вуэдлэсь vuedleś
instrumental	вуэныд vuenyd

3rd singular possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вуэз vuez
accusative	вузэ vuze
genitive	вуэзлэн vuezlen
dative	вуэзлы vuezly
ablative	вуэзлэсь vuezleś
instrumental	вуэныз vuenyz

1st plural possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вумы vumy
accusative	вумэс vumes
genitive	вумылэн vumylen
dative	вумылы vumyly
ablative	вумылэсь vumyleś
instrumental	вуэнымы vuenymy

2nd plural possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вуды vudy
accusative	вудэс vudes
genitive	вудылэн vudylen
dative	вудылы vudyly
ablative	вудылэсь vudyleś
instrumental	вуэныды vuenydy

3rd plural possessive forms of ву

	singular
nominative	вузы vuzy
accusative	вузэс vuzes
genitive	вузылэн vuzylen
dative	вузылы vuzyly
ablative	вузылэсь vuzyleś
instrumental	вуэнызы vuenyzy

Derived terms

• вудур (vudur)
• вуко (vuko)
• лысву (lysvu)
• синву (śinvu)
• шыдву (šydvu)

 

References

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “ву”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 141
• Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 326