cu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Allentiac

Pronoun

cu

1. I, first-person singular

References

• Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), citing Luis de Valdiva's work

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Romanian cu.

Preposition

cu

1. with

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈku]
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

cu f (plural cus)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

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French

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

1. Alternative spelling of ku

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, from Latin culus (“ass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈku]

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

1. (vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks

   Synonyms: nádegas, pandeiro, traseiro

2. (vulgar, anatomy) anus
   1. • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

        faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon

        prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the anus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the anus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

3. bottom of a vessel or bottle

Derived terms

• a tomar polo cu
• cu da agulla
• cu de medo
• cueiro
• lamber o cu
• ollo do cu

 

Etymology 2

Noun

cu m

1. (name of the letter q): Misspelling of que.

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “cuu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “cu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin kū (the name of the letter Q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: cù

Noun

cu m or f (uncountable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.; cue

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• com

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡su]

Verb

cu

1. first-person singular present of kśěś

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Mandarin

Romanization

cu

1. Nonstandard spelling of cū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Middle English

Noun

cu

1. Alternative form of cou

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Millcayac

Pronoun

cu

1. I, first-person singular

References

• Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”).

Preposition

cu

1. with

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus. Compare Old Frisian kū,Old Saxon kō, Old Dutch kuo, Old High German kuo, Old Norse kýr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

Noun

cū f (nominative plural cȳ)

1. cow
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Of Saint James the Apostle"

     Ān cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.

     A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.

Declension

Declension of cu

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cū	cȳ
accusative	cū	cȳ
genitive	cūe, cūs	cūa, cūna
dative	cȳ	cūum

Derived terms

• cūhyrde
• cūwearm

Descendants

• Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
  • English: cow (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: coo
  • Scots: coo, coe, cou
  • Yola: keow

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, from Latin culus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-. Compare French cul and Spanish culo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

cu m (plural cus)

1. (Brazil, vulgar) arsehole or asshole (anus)
2. (Portugal, vulgar) ass, arse, butt
3. (Brazil, vulgar) anything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad

Derived terms

• cueiro

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cum, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

Preposition

cu (+accusative)

1. with

   Vreau să vin cu tine. ― I want to come with you.

2. with (in the instrumental sense)

   Vin cu bicicleta. ― I come by bicycle.

   Lovesc o oglindă cu un ciocan. ― I hit a mirror with a hammer.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Sutsilvan) ca
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Vallader) co

Etymology

From Latin quod.

Conjunction

cu

1. (Puter) than

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Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku]

Etymology 1

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cu

1. with

Etymology 2

From Latin quis.

Adverb

cu

1. who, whom

Derived terms

• cuegghiè

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/ [ˈku]

  • (file)

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

cu f (plural cúes)

1. Name of the letter q.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cu

1. with

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); probably onomatopoeic. Compare Chinese 鳩／鸠 (jiū).

Noun

(classifier con) cu • (鴝)

1. dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)

Related terms

• bồ câu

Interjection

cu • (鴝)

1. (onomatopoeia) coo

Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare Cantonese 㞗.

Noun

(classifier con) cu

1. (anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick

Synonyms

• chim; dái; cặc; buồi

Noun

cu • (俱)

1. (colloquial) boy

   Thằng cu đó quậy thật.

   He's a mischievous boy.

   "Cu Tí ơi!"

   "Hey, Ti-boy!"

   "Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!"

   "Hey boy! Come here!"

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ku, from Proto-Brythonic *kʉβ̃ (compare Breton kuñv), from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”) (compare Old Irish cóem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compare English home, Lithuanian káimas (“village, countryside”), Sanskrit क्षेम (kṣéma, “basis, foundation”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɨː/
• IPA^(key): /kiː/
• Homophone: ci (South Wales only)

Adjective

cu (feminine singular cu, plural cu, unknown comparative)

1. dear, beloved

   Synonyms: annwyl, hoff

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cu	gu	nghu	chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies