cu

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forOld Church Slavonic.

cu

1. I,first-person singular

• 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

FromLatincum. CompareRomaniancu.

cu

1. with

• IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku]

cu

1. (Cabrales)Alternative form ofcon

cu

1. Interjection used repeatly to call those hiding in hide and seek

cu

1. (Somiedo, Armellada de Órbigo)Alternative form ofque

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

cu f (pluralcus)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterQ/q.

• IPA^(key):/kʷ/

cu (upper caseCu)

1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,Ⱥ ⱥ,A̱ a̱,B b,C c,Cꞌ cꞌ,Cj cj,Cu cu,Cꞌu cꞌu,Cju cju,Ch ch,Chꞌ chꞌ,Chj chj,D d,Dy dy,E e,Ɇ ɇ,E̱ e̱,G g,Gu gu,Hu hu,ꞌHu ꞌhu,I i,I̱ i̱,J j,Jꞌ jꞌ,Jm jm,Jn jn,Jñ jñ,Ju ju,Jy jy,L l,M m,Mꞌ mꞌ,N n,Nꞌ nꞌ,Ñ ñ,Ñꞌ ñꞌ,O o,Ø ø,O̱ o̱,P p,Pj pj,R r,S s,T t,Tꞌ tꞌ,Tj tj,Ts ts,Tsꞌ tsꞌ,Tsj tsj,U u,Ꞹ ꞹ,U̱ u̱,X x,Z z,Zh zh,ꞌ

• 咕

Clipping ofEnglishcushion.

cu

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese,billiards,snooker, pool)cushion(lip around the table)

   撞cu[Hong Kong Cantonese]  ― zong⁶ku¹[Jyutping]  ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

cu m (pluralcus)

1. Alternative spelling ofku

• IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku]
• Rhymes:-u

FromOld Galician-Portuguesecuu, fromLatincūlum(“ass”). Cognate withPortuguesecu.

cu m (pluralcus)

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

   Synonyms:nádegas,pandeiro,traseiro

2. (vulgar,anatomy)anus
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor,Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page93:

     faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo nocuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle oCuu 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 theanus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug theanus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

3. bottom of avessel orbottle

cu m

1. (name of the letterq):Misspelling ofque.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cuu”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cuu”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cu”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cu”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cu”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

FromLatinkū(the name of the letterQ).

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

cu m orf (invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterQ/q.;cue

• (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

• com

• IPA^(key):[t͡su]

cu

1. first-personsingularpresent ofkśěś

cu

1. Nonstandard spelling ofcū.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofcú.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofcǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofcù.

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

cu (pluralky)

1. Alternative spelling ofcou

cu m

1. Alternative spelling ofcú

cu

1. I,first-person singular

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

FromLatincum(“with”).

cu

1. with

cu f (pluralcus)

1. cue(the letter q, Q)

Inherited fromProto-West Germanic*kō(“cow”).

• IPA^(key):/kuː/

cū f (nominative pluralcȳ)

1. cow
   • c. 992,Ælfric,"Of Saint James the Apostle"

     Āncū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.

     Acow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.

• cūhierde
• cūwearm

• 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

• cú(misspelling)

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesecuu(“ass”), fromLatincūlum. CompareGaliciancu,Spanish andItalianculo,Frenchcul, andRomaniancur.

• Audio(Portugal):

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• Rhymes:-u

cu m (pluralcus)(vulgar)

1. buttocks;arse,ass,butt,bum

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:nádegas

2. anus;butthole

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:ânus

3. (Brazil) anything or anyoneannoying,boring or somewhat bad

   Synonym:cuzão

   Essa música é umcu ―This song isass

• In Brazil, the term refers strictly to the anus, not being used to mean the buttocks.

• culote

cu m orf (invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterQ/q.

• (Latin-script letter names)lètra;a,bé,cé,dé,e,ëffe,ge,àcca /àca,i,i lóng,càpa,ëlle,èmme,ènne,o,pé,cu,ërre,ësse,té,u,vé,dópi vé /dópi vu /vu dópi,ics,i gréc /ìpsilon,zéta

Inherited fromLatincum, fromProto-Italic*kom, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm(“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate withSiciliancu.

• IPA^(key):/ku/
• Rhymes:-u

• Audio:

  (file)

cu (+accusative)

1. with

   Vreau să vincu tine.

   I want to comewith you.

2. with(in the instrumental sense)

   Vincu bicicleta.

   I comeby bicycle.

   Lovesc o oglindăcu ciocanul.

   I hit a mirrorwith the hammer.

Cu is the only preposition (other than very specific uses ofpe andla) that can be followed by an articulated noun without any modifier (an adjective or a possessive or demonstrative pronoun, primarily).

• cu inDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

FromLatinquod.

cu

1. (Puter)than

FromLatincum. CompareItaliancon,Neapolitancu,Romaniancu.

• IPA^(key):/ku/(Stressed)
• IPA^(key):/ku/(Unstressed)
• Rhymes:-cu
• Hyphenation:cu

cu

1. with

• When followed by a definite article,cu combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

cu + article	Combined form
cu +u	cû
cu +lu	cu lu
cu +a	câ
cu +la	cu la
cu +i	chî
cu +li	cu li
cu +l'	cu l'

From an inflection ofLatinquis. Akin tochi andca.

cu

1. who
2. that

• IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-u
• Syllabification:cu

cu f (pluralcusorcúes)

1. Name of the letterq

• “cu”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed fromSpanishcu, the Spanish name of the letterQ/q.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku]
• Rhymes:-u
• Syllabification:cu
• Homophones:Coo,Cu,Khoo

cu (Baybayin spellingᜃᜓ)(historical)

1. the name of theLatin-script letterQ/q, in theAbecedario

   Synonym:(in the Filipino alphabet)kyu

FromLatincum.

cu

1. with

• IPA^(key):/dʒʊ/

cu

1. (chieflyInternet,humorous) An interjection designed to rhyme with "ananın amcuğu" (especially used to trick a person into asking the meaning).

   "Cu'da bomba patlamış, duydun mu?" "Cu neresi?" "ANANIN AMCUĞUUUUU"

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ku˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[kʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[kʊw˧˧]

FromProto-Vietic*t-kuː(“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phongtəkuː¹. CompareThaiเขา(kǎo),Chinese鳩 (OC*[k](r)u) (B-S),Burmeseခို(hkui),Englishcoo.

This is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use arecâu,bồ câu, both with diphthongization. The formgâu (inchim gâu) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested.

(classifiercon)cu• (鴝) (phonemic reduplicativecu cu)

1. dove;pigeon(especially the wild ones)

• gầm ghì

cu• (鴝)

1. (onomatopoeia)coo

From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compareEnglishcock,Chinese屌(diǎo),鳥 /鸟(“bird”),Cantonese㞗,鳩 /鸠(“pigeon”),Thaiนกเขา(nók-kǎo,“pigeon”). Also seecò,chim.

(classifiercon)cu

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

• chim;dái;cặc;buồi

cu• (俱)

1. (colloquial)boy

   Thằngcu đó quậy thật.

   He's one mischievous boy.

   Cu Tí ơi!

   Hey, Ti-boy!

   Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!

   Hey boy! Come here!

FromMiddle Welshku, fromProto-Brythonic*kʉβ̃ (compareBretonkuñv), fromProto-Celtic*koimos(“dear, nice”) (compareOld Irishcóem), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóymos(“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compareEnglishhome,Lithuaniankáimas(“village, countryside”),Sanskritक्षेम(kṣéma,“basis, foundation”)).

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

cu (feminine singularcu,pluralcu,equativecued,comparativecuach,superlativecuaf)

1. dear,beloved

   Synonyms:annwyl,hoff

• mamgu
• tadcu

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