чу

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See also: чў and Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Avar

Etymology

From Proto-Avaro-Andian *ʔičʷa, from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *Wci, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

чу • (ču)

  1. horse

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Verb

чу • (ču)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of чу́я (čúja)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of чу́я (čúja)

Chechen

Adverb

чу • (ču)

  1. in

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Verb

чу • (ču)

  1. second/third-person singular aorist of чуе (čue)

Nanai

Etymology

From Chinese 醋.

Noun

чу (ču)

  1. vinegar

Northern Altai

Etymology

From its earlier form *če-gü, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate to Tuvan чүү (çüü), etc. See also чуг (čug), но (no), etc.

Pronoun

чу • (ču)

  1. what

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чу”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

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Interjection

чу • (ču)

  1. listen!; be quiet! (interjection used to draw someone's attention to a sound or make someone listen to something)
    • 1840, Mikhail Lermontov, Valerik: "I'm Writing to You by Chance – Really":
      Чу ― да́льний вы́стрел!
      Ču ― dálʹnij výstrel!
      Listen – a distant gunshot!
  2. (as an introductory word) I can hear
    • 1812, Vasily Zhukovsky, Svetlana:
      Чу!.. в дали́ пусто́й греми́т // Колоко́льчик зво́нкий
      Ču!.. v dalí pustój gremít // Kolokólʹčik zvónkij
      Hark..! Something empty rattles in the distance // A resounding bell
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