Meaning of u- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. alternative letter-case form of u-
   alt-of, morpheme
2. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] noun prefix, denoting natural objects, extensions, abstract qualities, or collections of small things.
   morpheme
3. you, 2nd person singular subject concord
   morpheme
4. it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] subject concord
   morpheme
5. -ness, -ity
   morpheme
6. verb-initial form of -u- (“it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord”)
   morpheme
7. forms names of countries
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“ulimi mrefu”

a long tongue

“u- + -chafu (“dirty”) → uchafu (“dirtiness”)”

“u- + mtoto (“child”) → utoto (“childhood”)”

“u- + binafsi (“self”) → ubinafsi (“individualism”)”

“u- + French France (“France”) → Ufaransa (“France”)”

“هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،”

This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

CEFR level