cu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"
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Etymology

Clipping of English church.

Symbol

cu

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

See also

Ahtna

Adverb

cu

  1. more
  2. also, too, plus, else
  3. next
  4. again

Usage notes

Appears with a final glottal stop (cuʼ) in some derivatives.

Derived terms

References

Allentiac

Pronoun

cu (first person singular, plural cucha)

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

References

  • Willem F. H. Adelaar; Pieter C. Muysken (2004), Languages of the Andes, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Luis de Valdivia (1607), Doctrina christiana y cathecismo en la lengua allentiac, que corre en la cuidad de S. Iuan de la Frontera, con vn Confessonario [sic], Arte, y Bocabulario breues. Compuesto por el padre Luys de Valdivia de la Compañia de Iesus, de la prouincia del Peru‎[1], En Lima : Por Francisco del Canto.
  • Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Romanian cu.

Preposition

cu

  1. with

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku/ [ˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: cu

Preposition

cu

  1. (Cabrales) alternative form of con

Interjection

cu

  1. Interjection used repeatly to call those hiding in hide and seek

Pronoun

cu

  1. (Somiedo, Armellada de Órbigo) alternative form of que

Further reading

  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “cu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “cu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

cu f (plural cus)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷ/

Letter

cu (upper case Cu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of English cushion.

Pronunciation

Noun

cu

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, billiards, snooker, pool) cushion (lip around the table)
    撞cu [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  zong6 ku1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

French

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

  1. alternative spelling of ku

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku/ [ˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: cu

Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    cu m (plural cus)

    1. (vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks
      Synonyms: nádegas, pandeiro, traseiro
    2. (vulgar, anatomy) anus
    3. bottom of a vessel or bottle
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Spanish cu.

      Noun

      cu m (plural cus)

      1. (proscribed) The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
        Synonym: que
      See also

      References

      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/q.; cue

      See also

      Kayan

      Etymology

      Cognate with S'gaw Karen စု (su), Eastern Pwo စူး (cɯ́), Western Pwo စူၪ, Pa'o Karen စူ, Bwe Karen cū, Geba Karen cuhlè.

      Noun

      cu

      1. hand

      Lower Sorbian

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [t͡su]

      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

      1. alternative form of cow

      Middle Irish

      Noun

      cu m

      1. alternative spelling of cú

      Millcayac

      Pronoun

      cu (first person singular)

      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)

      Occitan

      Noun

      cu f (plural cus)

      1. cue (the letter q, Q)

      Old English

      Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /kuː/
        • Rhymes: -uː

        Noun

        cū f (nominative plural cȳ)

        1. cow
          • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, “Of Saint James the Apostle”, in Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., ed. and transl., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 300:
            Ān cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.
            A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.

        Declension

        singular plural
        nominative cū cȳ
        accusative cū cȳ
        genitive cūe, cūs, cȳ cūa, cūna
        dative cȳ cūm, cūum

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Middle English: cow, cou, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
          • English: cow (see there for further descendants)
            Geordie: coo
            Ottawa Valley: cou, ceu, kew
            West Riding: caa, cah
          • Scots: coo, coe, cou
          • Yola: keow, keouw, keowe

        Portuguese

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
          • Rhymes: -u

          Noun

          cu m (plural cus) (vulgar)

          1. buttocks; arse, ass, butt, bum
            Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nádegas
          2. anus; butthole
            Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ânus
          3. (Brazil) anything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad
            Synonym: cuzão
            Essa música é um cu ― This song is ass

          Usage notes

          • In Brazil, the term refers generally to the anus, only sometimes being used to mean the buttocks.

          Derived terms

          Further reading

          Romagnol

          Noun

          cu m or f (invariable)

          1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

          See also

          Romanian

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ku/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Rhymes: -u

          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

          Romansh

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          From Latin quod.

          Conjunction

          cu

          1. (Puter) than

          Sicilian

          Etymology 1

          From Latin cum. Compare Italian con, Romanian cu.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ku/ (stressed)
          • IPA(key): [kʊ] (unstressed, triggers gemination)
          • Rhymes: -u
          • 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'

          See also

          Sicilian definite articled prepositions
          singular plural
          masculine feminine
          u / lu a / la i / li
          a ô
          (older also: a lu)           		â
          (older also: a la)           		ê
          (older also: a li)
          di dû
          (older also: di lu)           		dâ
          (older also: di la)           		dî
          (older also: di li)
          cu cû
          (older also: cu lu)           		câ
          (older also: cu la)           		chî
          (older also: cu li)
          pi pû
          (older also: pi lu)           		pâ
          (older also: pi la)           		pî
          (older also: pi li)
          nna nnô
          (older also: nna lu)           		nnâ
          (older also: nna la)           		nnê
          (older also: nna li)
          nni nnû
          (older also: nni lu)           		nnâ
          (older also: nni la)           		nnî
          (older also: nni li)

          Etymology 2

          Pronoun

          cu

          1. (misspelling, eye dialect) alternative form of cu'; (apocope of) cui

          Spanish

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈku/ [ˈku]
          • Audio (Spain):(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

          • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒu/

          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

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong təkuː¹. Compare Thai เขา (kǎo), Chinese 鳩 (OC *[k](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

          cu • (鴝) (phonemic reduplicative cu cu) (classifier con)

          1. dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)
          See also
          • cu đất
          • cu gáy

          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

          cu (classifier con)

          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, comparative cuach, equative cued, superlative cuaf)

          1. dear, beloved
            Synonyms: annwyl, hoff

          Derived terms

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of cu
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          cu gu nghu chu

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          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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