acu

See also: ACU and ac'u

Translingual

Symbol

acu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Shiwiar.

Ambonese Malay

Verb

acu

1. care, be bothered
2. to stab, skewer

Noun

acu

1. kind of tool to spear fish

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈat͡ʃu]
• Hyphenation: acu

Etymology 1

From Malay acu, from Classical Malay [script needed] (acu), from Tamil அச்சு (accu, “mould, printing”).

Noun

acu (plural acu-acu, first-person possessive acuku, second-person possessive acumu, third-person possessive acunya)

1. (obsolete) mould

Derived terms

• acuan
• mengacu
• mengacu-acu
• mengacukan
• pengacuan

 

Etymology 2

Noun

acu (plural acu-acu, first-person possessive acuku, second-person possessive acumu, third-person possessive acunya)

1. nonstandard spelling of aki (“battery; accumulator”).

Further reading

• “acu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• aca (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish occo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakə/, /ˈaku/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈku/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkəbˠ/ (as if spelled acab)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈakəbˠ/ (as if spelled acab); /ˈapˠək/ (rare; by metathesis; see de Bhaldraithe § 298)

Pronoun

acu (emphatic acusan)

1. third-person plural of ag

   Tá madra acu. ― They have a dog. (literally, “A dog is at them.”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acu”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “acu” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “acu” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Kabyle

Adverb

acu

1. what (interrogative)

Latin

Noun

acū

1. ablative singular of acus

References

• acu in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

Noun

acu f

1. genitive plural form of acs

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

acu

1. dog (animal)

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum modo. Informal variant of acum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ aˈku ]

Adverb

acu

1. now; at present

   Synonyms: acum, acuma, amu

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ăčaj.

Noun

acu (definite accusative acuyu, plural acular)

1. (dialectal) uncle

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	acu
Definite accusative	acuyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acu	acular
Definite accusative	acuyu	acuları
Dative	acuya	aculara
Locative	acuda	acularda
Ablative	acudan	aculardan
Genitive	acunun	acuların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular acum acularım 2nd singular acun acuların 3rd singular acusu acuları 1st plural acumuz acularımız 2nd plural acunuz acularınız 3rd plural acuları acuları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular acumu acularımı 2nd singular acunu acularını 3rd singular acusunu acularını 1st plural acumuzu acularımızı 2nd plural acunuzu acularınızı 3rd plural acularını acularını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular acuma acularıma 2nd singular acuna acularına 3rd singular acusuna acularına 1st plural acumuza acularımıza 2nd plural acunuza acularınıza 3rd plural acularına acularına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular acumda acularımda 2nd singular acunda acularında 3rd singular acusunda acularında 1st plural acumuzda acularımızda 2nd plural acunuzda acularınızda 3rd plural acularında acularında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular acumdan acularımdan 2nd singular acundan acularından 3rd singular acusundan acularından 1st plural acumuzdan acularımızdan 2nd plural acunuzdan acularınızdan 3rd plural acularından acularından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular acumun acularımın 2nd singular acunun acularının 3rd singular acusunun acularının 1st plural acumuzun acularımızın 2nd plural acunuzun acularınızın 3rd plural acularının acularının