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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Interjection[edit]
fu
Etymology 2[edit]
- Abbreviation
Noun[edit]
fu (plural fus)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
fu (plural fu)
- A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
Translations[edit]
Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry
Etymology 4[edit]
Variant of -fu.
Noun[edit]
fu (uncountable)
References[edit]
- fu at OneLook Dictionary Search
Ama[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fu
References[edit]
- Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fu
- third-person singular past historic of essere
Adjective[edit]
fu (invariable)
References[edit]
fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
fu
Lashi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Classifier[edit]
fu
- classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf
References[edit]
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
fū
Usage notes[edit]
Can take the dative
Related terms[edit]
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
fu
- Nonstandard spelling of fū.
- Nonstandard spelling of fú.
- Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of fù.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Nalik[edit]
Particle[edit]
fu
- plural marker on some words
Coordinate terms[edit]
- mun (usual plural marker)
Further reading[edit]
- Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90
North Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.
Verb[edit]
fu
- (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of fu
infinitive I | fu | |
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infinitive II | tu fuen | |
past participle | fingen | |
imperative singular | fu | |
imperative plural | fu'm | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik fu | ik fing |
2nd-person singular | dü feist/feest | dü fingst |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at feit/fee | hi/hat/at fing |
1st-person dual | wat fu | wat fing |
2nd-person dual | jat fu | jat fing |
1st-person plural | wi fu | wi fing |
2nd-person plural | jam fu | jam fing |
3rd-person plural | jo fu | jo fing |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa fingen | ik hed fingen |
2nd-person singular | dü heest fingen | dü hedst fingen |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee fingen | hi/hat/at hed fingen |
1st-person dual | wat haa fingen | wat hed fingen |
2nd-person dual | jat haa fingen | jat hed fingen |
1st-person plural | wi haa fingen | wi hed fingen |
2nd-person plural | jam haa fingen | jam hed fingen |
3rd-person plural | jo haa fingen | jo hed fingen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal fu | ik wal fu |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl fu | dü wääl fu |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal fu | hi/hat/at wal fu |
1st-person dual | wat skel fu | wat wel fu |
2nd-person dual | jat skel fu | jat wel fu |
1st-person plural | wi skel fu | wi wel fu |
2nd-person plural | jam skel fu | jam wel fu |
3rd-person plural | jo skel fu | jo wel fu |
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).
Noun[edit]
fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)
- (anatomy, colloquial) ass
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fu m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)
Descendants[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fu
- Alternative form of fo
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fu
- (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi
Synonyms[edit]
- fuse (formal)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
fu
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fu
Particle[edit]
fu
- used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
- ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies][2], page 107:
- Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
- Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
- in order to
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective[edit]
-fu (declinable)
Inflection[edit]
Inflected forms of -fu
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Vilamovian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Preposition[edit]
fu
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viː/
Verb[edit]
fu
- Soft mutation of bu.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bu | fu | mu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Makian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fu
References[edit]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics
Yoruba[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fu
- to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
- ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out
Derived terms[edit]
- fura (“to suspect”)
Usage notes[edit]
- Always occurs in construction with ara
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