-yu

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jʊ̀ (“C;ass 1 pronominal concord”) or from uyu (“this - Class 1 demonstrative”). Cognate with Yao (Africa) -ju (“Class 1 contracted demonstrative”).

-yu

1. Class 1 contracted near demonstrative suffix, this with class 1 nouns

Suffixed demonstratives indicate that the noun they are suffixed unto has already been mentioned in the conversation.

• Peace Corps Learning Chichewa, page 131 (top)/142 (bottom)

-yu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆ

• IPA^(key): /ju/

-yu

1. people (collective plural)

• -yi

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 490

• IPA^(key): [-d͡ʒu]

-yu

1. Classifier for objects in the form of a sack.

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 197