Kū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"
Hawaiian
Etymology
kū (“upright”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- (Hawaiian mythology) One of the four major gods; the god of war.
- a male given name from Hawaiian.
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 389
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ku (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 13 women and 39 men.
Livonian
Etymology
See etymology at kū.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kū
- Moon (the sole natural satellite of the Earth)
Usage notes
LĒL lists only a lower case kū for "moon," however, in this entry it is assumed that (like most other Latin script using languages) an upper case version would be used to differentiate Earth's Moon from moons any other planets might have and especially the "month" sense of the lower case version of the term.