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

1. dog, hound

Declension

Declension of cù (irregular masculine noun)

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

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.

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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