wu

See also: WU, Wu, wú, wù, wū, wǔ, and wu-

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”)

Noun

wu (plural wus or wu)

1. (historical) A Chinese shaman.

Anagrams

• UW

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French

Noun

wu m (uncountable)

1. Wu (Sinitic language)

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Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwuː]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• wuna

Noun

wu

1. fruit

Etymology 2

Noun

wu

1. hair

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

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Lashi

Noun

wu

1. pig

Verb

wu

1. carry on a shoulder

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hu (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Preposition

wu (with genitive)

1. at; at the home, office, workshop, etc. of (compare German bei, French chez, Latin apud, etc.)

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Mandarin

Romanization

wu

1. Nonstandard spelling of wū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wù.

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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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German wo, Yiddish וווּ (vu), Dutch waar, English where.

Adverb

wu

1. (interrogative, relative) where

   Wu iss die Kuh?

   Where is the cow?

   Nau muss er sei Actions schtelle wu sei grosse Maul iss!

   Now he has to put his actions where his big mouth is!

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/

Noun

wu n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litera; a, ą, be, ce, cie, de, e, ę, ef, gie, ha, i, jot, ka, el, eł, em, en, eń, o, ó / o z kreską, pe, er, es, eś, te, u, wu, y / igrek, zet, ziet, żet

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

Numeral

wu m

1. two

Related terms

• we