The usual US pronunciation has an OO sound like moo or zoo (POO-muh).
However, it has a variant (UK) pronunciation that has the you sound (PYOO-muh).
Yes. It has the long OO (long U) sound, as in most -ew words.The same sound is seen in the word noon.
Yes. The word "tuna" has a long OO sound.
The word "suit" has a long OO sound, to rhyme with boot and shoot.
The U has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound. The E is silent.
Yes, the ending Y has a long E sound. The first U is a short U, so that the word rhymes with dummy and mummy.
No, "puma" does not have a long vowel sound. The "u" in "puma" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
Yes, the word "spoon" has a short U sound, not a long U sound.
No, the word "flute" does not have a long u sound. It is pronounced with a long "u" sound followed by a "t" sound.
No, the word "glue" has a long U sound, like "gloo." It is pronounced as "gloo," with the "oo" making the long U sound.
Yes, the word "bug" has a short U sound, not a long U sound.
The word mute has a long U (long OO) sound, more specifically the YOO sound (myoot).
Yes, it does. The U has the long U (yoo) sound. This is the sound heard in huge, human, and humor.
Yes, the word "mule" has a long U sound.
Yes, the word "universe" starts with a long U sound.
Yes, the word "shoe" has a long U sound, as in the word "blue."
No, the word "few" is pronounced with a short U sound, as in "phew."
the word youth has a long "u" sound.