seu

See also: SEU, seü, sèu, séú, sɛu, and sếu

Translingual

Symbol

seu

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Serui-Laut.

Aromanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.

Noun

seu n (plural seuri)

animal fat, suet, tallow

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”). The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.

The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.

Alternative forms

sou (Alghero)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsew]

Pronoun

seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)

his, her/hers, its
their, theirs
your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)

Usage notes

When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sēdem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛw]

Noun

seu f (plural seus)

seat (of power or authority), center
Synonym: central
(Christianity) seat (of a bishop or pope), see
(Christianity) cathedral

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Catalan sèu, from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

Alternative forms

sèu (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛw]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəw]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsew]

Noun

seu m (plural seus)

References

“seu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛw]

Verb

seu

inflection of seure:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

séu (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsew]

Verb

seu

(colloquial Northern, Alghero) second-person plural present indicative of ser

Champenois

Alternative forms

(Rémois) suil

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *solium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sø/

Noun

seu m (plural seus)

(Troyen) threshold

References

Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Fijian

Etymology

From (compare with Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Tahitian heu, Maori heu (“to separate, to clear”)).

Verb

seu (seseu; seuta)

to scratch
to paw, to dig the ground
to scoop

References

Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Gatty, Ronald (2009) “seu, seuta”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 226

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɛw], [ˈsew]

Pronoun

seu m (masculine singular seu, masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)

(possessive) his, hers, its
(possessive) their

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seu”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seu”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.

Noun

seu

sky

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese céu.

Noun

seu

sky

Latin

Etymology

Apocope of sīve.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seu̯/, [s̠ɛu̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seu̯/, [sɛːu̯]

Conjunction

seu

or
either... or... (seu... seu...)

Descendants

Romanian: sau

References

“seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
seu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Ligurian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /søː/

Etymology 1

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).

Adjective

-

Pronoun

seu (invariable)

Third-person singular possessive pronoun
1. his
2. hers
3. its
Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

Synonyms

sò

Etymology 2

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

seu f (invariable)

sister

Nyishi

Alternative forms

su

Noun

seu

cattle, cow

References

P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old French

Alternative forms

seü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Participle

seu

past participle of savoir

Descendants

Middle French: sceu
- French: su

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin suus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛu̯/

Pronoun

seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)

third-person singular possessive pronoun: his, her, its
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
  
  Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
  This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

Descendants

Fala: sei
Galician: seu
Portuguese: seu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sew/ [seʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sew/

Hyphenation: seu

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

Pronoun

seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)

Third-person singular possessive pronoun. his; her; its
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 240:
  Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.
  It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 417:
  Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]
  Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:
  [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]
  [...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]
Third-person plural possessive pronoun. their; theirs
Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)
Posso ficar em sua casa?
Can I stay at your house?
Second-person plural possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
you (used before epithets for emphasis)
Seu idiota!
You idiot! (addressing one man)

Suas idiotas.
You idiots! (addressing a group of women)

Usage notes

Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural) the possessor can often be ambiguous in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele (“his”) or dela (“hers”), placed after the possessee; or with deles (“theirs”) or delas for plural possessors.

Synonyms

(your): teu, de você

Etymology 2

From senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Noun

seu m (uncountable)

(Brazil, familiar) mister (as a form of address)
Synonyms: senhor, (Southern Portugal) tio

Estive com o seu Luís ontem.
I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).

Noun

seu n (plural seuri)

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sew]

Ideophone

seu

wham, pow, snap, bam

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sew”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	meu	minha	meus	minhas
		Second person	teu	tua	teus	tuas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
	Plural	First person	nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
		Second person	vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese