ũu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uu"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hũu
• hun, un

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūnum (“one”), from Old Latin oinos (“one”), from Proto-Italic *oinos (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈũ.u/

Article

ũu (feminine ũa)

1. Masculine singular indefinite article; a; an.
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 322 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria guariu ũu ome en Euoꝛa que ouuera de moꝛrer dun oſſo que ſell atraueſſara na garganta.

     How Holy Mary healed a man in Évora who was to die of a bone that had pierced his throat.

Descendants

• Fala: un
• Galician: un
• Macanese: (from ũa) unga, ung'a
• Portuguese: um (see there for further descendants)