fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

• Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Translations

Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賦／赋 (zh) (fù)

• Japanese: 賦 (ja) (ふ, fu)

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

1. (informal) kung fu
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:

     But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

Etymology 5

Variant of -fu.

Noun

fu (uncountable)

1. (slang) Expertise, mastery

   UNIX fu

References

• “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

1. pig

References

• Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Chinese

Etymology

From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu¹).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fiou
    • Wade–Giles: fiu¹
    • Yale: fyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fiou
    • Palladius: фю (fju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

fu

1. (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu/^*, /ˈfu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: fù

Etymology 1

Adjective

fu (invariable)

1. deceased, late

   Synonym: defunto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fu

1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Further reading

fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

fu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フ

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/

Classifier

fu

1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fuː/, [fuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu/, [fuː]

Interjection

fū

1. foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

Usage notes

Can take the dative

Related terms

• foe

Lithuanian

Interjection

fu

1. Clipping of fui.

References

• “fu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Mandarin

Romanization

fu

1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

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.

Nalik

Particle

fu

1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

• mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

• Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.

Verb

fu

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu

infinitive I	fu
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

Etymology

From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

Noun

fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)

1. (anatomy, colloquial) ass

Related terms

• fitte

References

• “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Noun

fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

1. fire

Descendants

• Middle French: feu
  • French: feu

Old Irish

Preposition

fu

1. Alternative form of fo

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu]

Verb

fu

1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

• fuse (formal)

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/
• Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

fu

1. third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

Spanish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: fu

Interjection

fu

1. An indication of disgust
2. the hissing of a cat

Derived terms

• ni fu ni fa

 

Further reading

• “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

1. of, belonging to
2. from
3. about
4. for

Particle

fu

1. 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?

2. in order to

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

1. dead

Declension

Inflected forms of -fu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mfu	wafu
m-mi class(III/IV)	mfu	mifu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	fu	mafu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kifu	vifu
n class(IX/X)	fu	fu
u class(XI)	mfu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pafu
ku class(XVII)	kufu
mu class(XVIII)	mufu

Derived terms

• mfu (“dead person”)
• ufu (“death”)

Related terms

• -fa

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

fu

1. from

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /viː/

Verb

fu

1. Soft mutation of bu.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

1. (informal) feces

   Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to the above etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Verb

fu

1. (intransitive) to explode

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofu	mofu	afu
2nd person		nofu	fofu
3rd person	inanimate	ifu	dofu
	animate
imperative		nufu, fu	fufu, fu

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fū/

Verb

fu

1. 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

Usage notes

• Always occurs in construction with ara

Derived terms

• fura (“to suspect”)