cu

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Contents 1 Catalan 1.1 Noun 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 3 Lojban 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Cmavo 3.2.1 Usage notes 4 Mandarin 4.1 Pinyin syllable 4.1.1 Usage notes 5 Neapolitan 5.1 Preposition 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 6.3.2 Descendants 7 Portuguese 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Romanian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Preposition 9 Spanish 9.1 Noun

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

cu f. (plural cus)

1. The Latin letter Q (lowercase q).

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

cu m. and f. inv.

1. The name of the letter Q (reflecting its pronunciation)

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃu/

[edit] Cmavo

cu

1. Indicates that the next word or phrase functions as a selbri.

[edit] Usage notes

cu is necessary because any two gismu or lujvo (as well as the cmavo mo), when placed directly in sequence, form a tanru, a phrase with a single meaning. Thus, cu is necessary to divide the selbri from certain preceding words. When the word immediately preceding the selbri is one which cannot be part of a tanru, such as a pro-sumti or a cmevla cu can be omitted. For instance, ".i lo prenu cu melbi" is a statement which requires the use of cu, but ".i do melbi", ".i la .meilis. melbi", and ".i melbi" do not. cu can likewise be omitted when there is no word preceding the selbri; i.e., the selbri is the first word of the utterance. However, the inclusion of cu before a selbri is never incorrect, even when unnecessary.

The use of cu allows for the elision of many types of grammatical terminators, specifically those which terminate elements which cannot contain a selbri. For instance, using cu makes it unnecessary to use ku, which marks the end of a sumti, because a sumti must always end where the selbri begins.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

cu

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, cū, cú, cǔ, or cù.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Neapolitan

[edit] Preposition

cu

1. with

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kōuz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian kū, Old Saxon kō (Dutch koe), Old High German kuo (German Kuh), Old Norse kýr (Swedish ko).

Indo-European cognates: Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬎 (gāu-), Ancient Greek βοῦς (bous), Latin bos, Armenian կով (kov), Russian говядо, Latvian govs, Old Irish bó, Tocharian A ko.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kuː/

[edit] Noun

cū f.

1. cow

   An cu wearþ gebroht to ðam temple. A cow was brought to the temple.

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	cū	cȳ
accusative	cū	cȳ
genitive	cūe, cūs	cūa, cūna
dative	cȳ	cūum

[edit] Descendants

• English: cow
• Scots: coo

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ku/

[edit] Noun

cu m.

1. ass, arse (vulgar)

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin cum.

[edit] Preposition

cu (+accusative)

1. with

   vreau să vin cu tine - I want to come with you.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

cu f. (plural cus)

1. Name of the letter q.