shu

See also: Shu, SHU, shú, shù, shū, shǔ, shŭ, shu', and shʉ

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Shuwa.

Symbol

shu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chadian Arabic.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chadian Arabic terms

Arabela

Noun

shu

1. meat

Japanese

Romanization

shu

1. The hiragana syllable しゅ (shu) or the katakana syllable シュ (shu) in Hepburn romanization.

Mandarin

Romanization

shu

1. nonstandard spelling of shū
2. nonstandard spelling of shú
3. nonstandard spelling of shǔ
4. nonstandard spelling of shù

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.

Mpade

Etymology

From Proto-Central Chadic *ɬɨwɨɗʸ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu/, [ʃu]

Noun

shu m

1. meat, flesh

References

• S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
• R.C. Gravina, The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic
• S. Allison, Alphabet et Orthographie de Kotoko de Makary (Mpadɨ) (SIL) (in French)

Uzbek

Pronoun

Other scripts

Arabic (Yangi Imlo)	شۇ
Cyrillic	шу‍
Latin	‍
Afghan Uzbek	شو

shu

1. this; demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing near the speaker, but not necessarily in the immediate vicinity

   Shu eshik.

   This is a door. (with a pause between the two words) / This door.

Yola

Noun

shu

1. alternative form of shoo
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 7:

     Shu ztaared an shu ztudied hi near parshagh moan,

     She stared and she studied by the other passive woman,

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:

     Fan Sooney shu tumbled vlat upa road.

     And Alice she tumbled flat on the road.

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 3:

     Shu bin vrem Vorth, an hay vrem Bargee,

     She being from Forth and he from Bargy;

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland