cù

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Corsican

Alternative forms

• cun

Etymology

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, along”). Cognates include Italian con and Romanian cu.

Preposition

cù

1. with

   veni cù noi ― come with us

Ghomala'

Noun

cù class 1/4

1. anus, bottom (of a container)

   Tə́ ô cí' cu mú yə́ŋ lə? ― Did you clean this child's bottom?

cù class 3/4

1. foot/bottom of a tree

   Pə̌ cwə́ cu thə́ ― We sit at the foot of a tree.

   Synonym: tò

See also

• tò (“under?”)
• tò pʉə̌

References

• Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cu — nonstandard

Romanization

cù (cu⁴, Zhuyin ㄘㄨˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 促
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 协
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噈
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塶
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憱
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 数
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敲
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梀
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槭
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殧
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猝
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘄
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘯
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簇
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縃
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縬 / 𦈚
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脨
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔟
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趋
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趗
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趡
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趤
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踧
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹙
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹴
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹵
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酗
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醋
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錮 / 锢
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 错
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顣 / 𫖹
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼀 / 𱋾

Scottish Gaelic

Cù

Etymology

From Old Irish cú. Cognates include Irish cú and Manx coo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuː/

Noun

cù m (genitive singular coin, plural coin)

1. dog, hound

Declension

Declension of cù (irregular masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	cù	coin
genitive	coin	chon
dative	cù	coin; conaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) cù	(na) coin
genitive	(a') choin	(nan) con
dative	(a') chù	(na) coin; conaibh1
vocative	(a) choin; (a) chuilidh	chona; chonaibh

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

• cù an òtraich (mongrel dog)
• cù-allaidh (wolf)
• cù-chaorach (sheepdog)
• cù-choille (wolf)
• cù-cnàmha (louse)
• cù-donn (otter)
• cù-dubh (bloodhound)
• cù-dur (otter)
• cù-eunaich (setter)
• cù-fada (greyhound)
• cù-faol (wolf)
• cù-fàsach (wolf)
• cù-fàsaich (wolf)
• cù-feòladair (bulldog)
• cù-fionn (greyhound)
• cù-fionn (moth)
• cù-gearr (wolf)
• cù-ghearraidh (critic)
• cù-gorm (greyhound)
• cù-gortach (greyhound)
• cù-lomna (tied dog)
• cù-lorgaidh (beagle)
• cù-luirge (beagle)

Mutation

Mutation of cù

radical	lenition
cù	chù

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

Notes

The genitive plural is con.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Mark, Colin (2003), “cù”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 184

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩]
• Homophone: Cù

Etymology 1

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Verb

cù • (求, 衢)

1. (Northern Vietnam) to tickle; to entice

   Synonyms: cù lét, chọc lét, thọc lét

Noun

(classifier con) cù

1. humming top, spinning top

Etymology 2

Romanization

cù

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 劬

Derived terms

• cần cù
• cù lao