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Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 酒 (chiú, “alcoholic beverage; liquor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiu/
- Hyphenation: ci‧u
Noun
ciu (plural ciu-ciu)
- (colloquial) alcoholic beverage; liquor
- Synonym: arak
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Noun
ciu (plural ciu-ciu)
- shrike-babbler (a songbird of the genus Pteruthius)
Further reading
Picard
Etymology
From Latin caelis.
Noun
ciu m (plural cius)
- sky
Polish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ciu
- (Kociewie, often repeated) used to chase off pigs
Further reading
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “ciu”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 150