cui

1. (transitive) Totake.
2. (transitive, of a man) To havesex with.
   • 1555,Alonso de Molina,Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana,f. 137v:

     Hazerlo hõbre ala muger. nite,teca.nite,y ecoa.tetechn,aci.niccui. uiccuicui. [sic]

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

• (sex)teca,yecoa,tetech ahci,cuicui

• cuicui
• cuiloni

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003)Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page220
• Karttunen, Frances (1983)An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page71
• Lockhart, James (2001)Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page216

FromLatincui.^[1] CompareSiciliancui.

• IPA^(key):/ku.i/^[2],/ˈku.i/^[3]
• Rhymes:-ui
• Hyphenation:cu‧i,cù‧i

cui (relative)

1. prepositional ofche:whom;which

   Synonym:il quale

   • 13^th century,Giacomo da Lentini,untitled poem; collected in “Rime di Giacomo da Lentino, il notaio [Rhymes of Giacomo da Lentini, notary]”, inErnesto Monaci, editor,Crestomazia italiana dei primi secoli, con prospetto delle inflessioni grammaticali e glossario,volume 1, Città di Castello: S. Lapi,1889, section III,page45, lines13–16:

     Und’eo prego l’amore / acui pregha ogni amanti, / li miei sospiri e pianti / vi pungano lo core.(Old Italian,Sicily)

     Thus I beg Love, towhich every lover prays, that my sighs and cries pierce your heart.

   • 1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, inInferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines106–108; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     Di quella umile Italia fia salute / percui morì la vergine Cammilla, / Eurialo e Turno e Niso di ferute.

     It shall be the salvation of that poor Italy forwhich the virgin Camilla, Euryalus, and Turnus, and Nisus, died of their wounds.

   • mid 1560s [29–19BCE], “Libro quinto”, inAnnibale Caro, transl.,Eneide, translation ofAeneis byPublius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines87–89; republished asL’Eneide di Virgilio‎^[3], Florence: G. Barbera,1892:

     […] ove gli s’erga un tempio, / Incui sian quest’essequie e questi onori / Rinovellati eternamente ogni anno.

     […] where a temple to them should be built, inwhich these rites and these honours are eternally renewed every year.

2. (exclusivelyliterary)^[4]dative ofche: towhom; towhich

   Synonyms:a cui,alquale

   • 12^th century, anonymous author,untitled document; collected in “Cantilena di un giullare toscano [Song of a Tuscan jester]”, inErnesto Monaci, editor,Crestomazia italiana dei primi secoli, con prospetto delle inflessioni grammaticali e glossario,volume 1, Città di Castello: S. Lapi,1889,page 9, lines21–24:

     se mi dà caval balçano / monsterroll’ al bon Galgano, / al vescovo volterrano, /cui benedicente bacio la mano.(Old Italian,Tuscan)

     if he gives me a white-socked horse, I will show it to the good Galgano, the bishop of Volterra, whose blessing hand I kiss.

     (literally, “[…]to whom I kiss the blessing hand.”)

   • 1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, inInferno [Hell]‎^[4], lines133–136; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[5], 2^nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     La terra lagrimosa diede vento, / che balenò una luce vermiglia / la qual mi vinse ciascun sentimento; / e caddi come l’uomcui sonno piglia.

     That tearful land gave off air[was struck by an earthquake], which emitted a vivid red light that overwhelmed all my senses; and I fell like a man overcome by sleep.

     (literally, “[…] like a manto whom sleep comes.”)

• per cui

cui (invariable)(relative)

1. (with definite article)whose

   la donna ilcui nome ho scordato ―the womanwhose name I’ve forgotten

   la donna lecui amiche sono incinte ―the womanwhose friends are pregnant

   • 13^th century,Guittone d'Arezzo,untitled work; collected in “Rime e prose di Guittone d'Arezzo [Rhymes and proses by Guittone d'Arezzo]”, inErnesto Monaci, editor,Crestomazia italiana dei primi secoli, con prospetto delle inflessioni grammaticali e glossario,volume 1, Città di Castello: S. Lapi,1889,pages175–176, lines33–35:

     o reina de le cità, corte di diritura, scola di sapiensia, specchio de vita e forma di costumi, licui figlioli erano regi, regniando inn ogni terra[…](Old Italian,Tuscan)

     O queen of the cities, court of righteousness, school of knowledge, model of living and way of habits,whose children were kings, reigning over every land[…]

   • 1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, inInferno [Hell]‎^[6], lines73–76; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[7], 2^nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     Colui locui saver tutto trascende, / fece li cieli e diè lor chi conduce / sì, ch’ogne parte ad ogne parte splende, / distribuendo igualmente la luce.

     Hewhose knowledge transcends all created the heavens, and gave them the ones who drive them, so that every part shines on every part, distributing light equally.

   • mid 1560s [29–19BCE], “Libro secondo”, inAnnibale Caro, transl.,Eneide, translation ofAeneis byPublius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines64–66; republished asL’Eneide di Virgilio‎^[8], Florence: G. Barbera,1892:

     […] Capi e gli altri, ilcui più sano avviso / O per insidïose, o per sospette, / Quantunque sacre, avea le greche offerte[…]

     […] Capys and the others,whose more sensible opinion regarded the Greek offerings, however sacred, as insidious or suspicious[…]

• cui (Enciclopedia Dantesca) in Treccani.it –Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• quoi,quoei,quoiei(Old Latin)

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈkui̯/,[ˈkʊi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈkuj/,[ˈkuj]

cui

1. towhom?(interrogative);dativesingular ofquis

cui

1. towhom, towhich(relative);dativesingular ofquī

cui

1. towhat?, towhich?(interrogative);dativesingular ofquī

• cui bonō(“who benefits”)
• cui malō(“who suffers”)

• Italian:cui
• Old French:cui
• Romanian:cui

•  cui bono on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[9], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • who gets the advantage from this? who is the interested party:cui bono?
    
  • the creditor:creditor, oris cui debeo
    
  • this shows, proves..:documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. butcui rei documento, indicio est)
    

• cuu(Milanese classical orthography)
• cüü(Ticinese orthography)
• cüi(Eastern modern orthographies)

• (Western Lombard)IPA^(key):/kyːi/,[kyː(i̯)]
• (Eastern Lombard)IPA^(key):/kyːi/,[ky(ː)i̯]

cui

1. plural ofcul(“arse, bum”)

cui

1. Nonstandard spelling ofcuī.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofcuí.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofcuǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofcuì.

• 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.

cui

1. Alternative form ofqui

cui

1. who;whom
   • c.1145, Bernard de Ventadour,Lo rossinhols s'esbaudeya:

     Mas no sai de que ni decui,

     But I don't know of what or of whom,

• que

• cuni (Banat Dialect)

• IPA^(key):/kuj/

• Audio:

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Inherited fromLatincuneus, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ḱū(“sting”).

cui n (pluralcuie)

1. nail (metal fastener),pin
2. (slang)marijuanacigarette

• cuier
• cuia
• cuișor

• încuia
• descuia

Inherited fromLatincui.

cui (genitive/dative form ofcine)

1. whose
2. towhom

• cu(Misspelled)

FromLatinquis. CompareItalianchi.

• IPA^(key):/ku.i/
• IPA^(key):/ku/(Apocopic form)
• Rhymes:-cui
• Hyphenation:cù‧i

cui

1. who,whom

Theapocopic formcu' is prevalent in usage because it is used to create a more fluent sound of the sentence, becoming a reduced vowel and taking a secondary stress, in the same manner as fordui anddu'.

• cu'
• cuegghiè
• cuegghiadè
• cuegghiarè

cui m (pluralcuis)

1. Alternative spelling ofcuy

• “cui”, 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