cui

See also cuī, cuí, cuǐ, cuì, and Cuī‎

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkuj/, X-SAMPA: /"kuj/

Etymology

From Latin cui.

Pronoun

cui (relative)

1. whom
2. which
3. whose

Derived terms

• per cui

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Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkui/

Pronoun

cui

1. to whom? (interrogative); dative singular of quis
2. to whom, to which (relative); dative singular of quī

Adjective

cui

1. to what?, to which? (interrogative); dative singular of quī

Related terms

• cui bono - who benefits
• cui malo - who suffers

Descendants

• Romanian: cui

See also

• cui bono on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:cui bono

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Mandarin

Romanization

cui

1. Nonstandard spelling of cuī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cuí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cuǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cuì.

Usage notes

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

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Nahuatl

Verb

cui

1. (transitive) To take.
2. (transitive, of a man) To have sex with.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 137v.

     Hazerlo hõbre ala muger. nite,teca.nite,y ecoa.tetechn,aci.niccui. uiccuicui. [sic]

Synonyms

• (sex) teca, yecoa, tetech ahci, cuicui

Derived terms

• cuicui
• cuiloni

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 220:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 71:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 216:

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Old French

Pronoun

cui

1. Alternative form of qui.

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Old Provençal

Pronoun

cui

1. who; whom
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo rossinhols s'esbaudeya:

     Mas no sai de que ni de cui,

     But I don't know of what or of whom,

See also

• que

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin cuneus.

Noun

cui n (plural cuiuri)

1. nail, pin

Declension

declension of cui

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un cui	cuiul	niște cuiuri	cuiurile
genitive/dative	unui cui	cuiului	unor cuiuri	cuiurilor

Related terms

• încuia
• descuia

Etymology 2

From Latin cui.

Pronoun

cui (genitive/dative form of cine)

1. whose
2. to whom