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祐, 우
Korean
Korean reading of
yòu
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u
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雨, 우
Korean
Korean reading of
yǔ
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宇, 우
Korean
Korean reading of
yǔ
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佑, 우
Korean
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yòu
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羽
Japanese
Japanese goon reading of
yǔ
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右
Japanese
Japanese goon reading of
yòu
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u
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優, 우
Korean
Korean reading of
yǒu
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ụ̀ba
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"plenty, wealth"
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úchè
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"wisdom, sense, mind"
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uchi
内, 內
Japanese
Japanese kun reading of
nèi
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ud
𒌓
Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning
"sun"
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udara
उदर
Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning
"belly, stomach"
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ue
上
Japanese
Japanese kun reading of
shàng
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ùgó
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"eagle, honour"
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ugur
Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word meaning
"to meet, to intend"
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uhta
Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning
"before dawn"
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uʻi
Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning
"youth, beauty"
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ujaraq
ᐅᔭᕋᖅ
Inuit
Inuit word meaning
"stone"
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ùju
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"fullness, plenty"
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úkwú
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"great"
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ulfr
Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning
"wolf"
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ulmus
Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning
"elm tree"
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ulwandle
Nguni
Nguni word meaning
"ocean"
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ʿulwīy
علْويّ
Arabic
Arabic word meaning
"exalted, high"
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ume
梅
Japanese
Japanese kun reading of
méi
(referring to the tree known as the Chinese plum or Japanese apricot, species Prunus mume).
ʾumm
أمّ
Arabic
Arabic word meaning
"mother"
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ʾumniya
أمنية
Arabic
Arabic word meaning
"wish, desire"
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ʿumr
عمر
Arabic
Arabic word meaning
"life"
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undar
Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning
"under"
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under
Anglo-Saxon
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Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Old English and Germanic word meaning
"under"
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unhtwǭ
Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning
"before dawn"
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unitus
Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning
"united"
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unna
Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning
"to love"
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unnaną
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Germanic word meaning
"to love"
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unnr
Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning
"wave"
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untar
Old High German
Old High German word meaning
"under"
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unþī
Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning
"wave, flood"
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unus
Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning
"one"
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uodil
Old High German
Old High German word meaning
"heritage"
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upp
Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning
"up"
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ʾur
אוּר
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning
"light, flame"
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ur
Basque
Basque word meaning
"water"
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ura
浦
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Japanese character meaning
"bay, inlet"
, a kun reading of
pǔ
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ursus
Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning
"bear (animal)"
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urta
𒅁
Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning
"ear of barley"
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urvī
उर्वी
Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning
"wide, earth"
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uṣas
उषस्
Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning
"dawn"
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usiku
Swahili
Swahili word meaning
"night"
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utěxa
Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning
"comfort, solace"
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uttama
उत्तम
Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning
"highest"
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uttara
उत्तर
Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning
"north"
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ʿuz
עוּז
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning
"to take refuge"
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uzdaz
Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning
"point, tip"
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ụ́zọ̀
Igbo
Igbo word meaning
"way, path"
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