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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Translingual

Symbol

cu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Old Church Slavonic.

Allentiac

Pronoun

cu

  1. I, first-person singular

References

  • Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)
  • Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), citing Luis de Valdiva's work

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Romanian cu.

Preposition

cu

  1. with

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

cu f (plural cus)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

cu (upper case Cu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

French

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

  1. Alternative spelling of ku

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, from Latin cūlum (“ass”). Cognate with Portuguese cu.

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

  1. (vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks
    Synonyms: nádegas, pandeiro, traseiro
  2. (vulgar, anatomy) anus
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:
      faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon
      prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the anus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the anus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out
  3. bottom of a vessel or bottle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cu m

  1. (name of the letter q): Misspelling of que.

References

  • “cuu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cuu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin kū (the name of the letter Q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: cù

Noun

cu m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.; cue

See also

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cu

  1. first-person singular present of kśěś

Mandarin

Romanization

cu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of cù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

cu (plural ky)

  1. Alternative spelling of cou

Middle Irish

Noun

cu m

  1. Alternative spelling of cú

Millcayac

Pronoun

cu

  1. I, first-person singular

References

  • Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”).

Preposition

cu

  1. with

Occitan

Noun

cu f (plural cus)

  1. cue (the letter q, Q)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kū, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus.

Compare Old Frisian kū, Old Saxon kō, Old Dutch kuo, Old High German kuo, Old Norse kýr.

Pronunciation

Noun

cū f (nominative plural cȳ)

  1. cow

Declension

Declension of cu
Case Singular Plural
nominative cū cȳ
accusative cū cȳ
genitive cūe, cūs, cȳ cūa, cūna
dative cȳ cūm, cūum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
    • English: cow (see there for further descendants)
    • Geordie English: coo
    • Scots: coo, coe, cou
    • Yola: keow

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, from Latin cūlum. Compare Galician cu, Spanish and Italian culo, French cul, and Romanian cur.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: cu
  • Audio (Porto, Portugal)(file)
  • Audio (USA)(file)

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

  1. (vulgar) arse, ass, butt, bum
    Synonyms: rabo, peida
  2. (vulgar) arsehole or asshole (anus)
    Synonym: olho do cu, fiofó, tarraqueta
  3. (Brazil, vulgar) anything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad
    Synonym: cuzão

Derived terms

Related terms

Romagnol

Noun

cu m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cum, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

cu (+accusative)

  1. with
    Vreau să vin cu tine.
    I want to come with you.
  2. with (in the instrumental sense)
    Vin cu bicicleta.
    I come by bicycle.
    Lovesc o oglindă cu ciocanul.
    I hit a mirror with the hammer.

Usage notes

Cu is the only preposition (other than very specific uses of pe and la) that can be followed by an articulated noun without any modifier (an adjective or a possessive or demonstrative pronoun, primarily).

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin quod.

Conjunction

cu

  1. (Puter) than

Sicilian

Etymology 1

From Latin cum. Compare Italian con.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku/ (Stressed)
  • IPA(key): /ku/ (Unstressed)
  • Rhymes: -cu
  • Hyphenation: cu

Preposition

cu

  1. with
Usage notes
  • When followed by a definite article, cu combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
cu + article Combined form
cu + u cû
cu + lu cu lu
cu + a câ
cu + la cu la
cu + i chî
cu + li cu li
cu + l' cu l'
Related terms

Etymology 2

From an inflection of Latin quis. Akin to chi and ca.

Pronoun

cu

  1. who
  2. that

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: cu

Noun

cu f (plural cus or cúes)

  1. Name of the letter q

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cu, the Spanish name of the letter Q/q.

Pronunciation

Noun

cu (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ) (historical)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q, in the Abecedario.
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) kyu

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cu

  1. with

Turkish

Pronunciation

Interjection

cu

  1. (chiefly Internet, humorous) An interjection designed to rhyme with "ananın amcuğu" (especially used to trick a person into asking the meaning).
    "Cu'da bomba patlamış, duydun mu?" "Cu neresi?" "ANANIN AMCUĞUUUUU"

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong təkuː¹. Compare Thai เขา (kǎo), Chinese 鳩 (OC *(r)u) (B-S), Burmese ခို (hkui), English coo.

This is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use are câu, bồ câu, both with diphthongization. The form gâu (in chim gâu) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested.

Noun

(classifier con) cu • (鴝)

  1. dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)
    Synonym: cu cu
See also
Derived terms

Interjection

cu • (鴝)

  1. (onomatopoeia) coo

Etymology 2

From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compare English cock, Chinese 屌 (diǎo), 鳥／鸟 (“bird”), Cantonese 㞗, 鳩／鸠 (“pigeon”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). Also see cò, chim.

Noun

(classifier con) cu

  1. (anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick
See also

Noun

cu • (俱)

  1. (colloquial) boy
    Thằng cu đó quậy thật.
    He's one mischievous boy.
    Cu Tí ơi!
    Hey, Ti-boy!
    Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!
    Hey boy! Come here!

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ku, from Proto-Brythonic *kʉβ̃ (compare Breton kuñv), from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”) (compare Old Irish cóem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compare English home, Lithuanian káimas (“village, countryside”), Sanskrit क्षेम (kṣéma, “basis, foundation”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cu (feminine singular cu, plural cu, equative cued, comparative cuach, superlative cuaf)

  1. dear, beloved
    Synonyms: annwyl, hoff

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cu gu nghu chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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