seu
Meaning
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- his, her/hers, its
- their, theirs
- your, yours (alluding to vostè or vostès)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈsew]
Etymology
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.
New
ser
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- (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive) to be, to exist
- (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive) to be located (to be in a place)
- (Balearic, Central, Valencia, copulative, transitive) to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)
- (Balearic, Central, Valencia, copulative, transitive) to have a characteristic (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes an inherent property)
- (Balearic, Central, Valencia, auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form the passive voice, together with a past participle
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seure
to sit, to be sitting
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