cu
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forOld Church Slavonic . cu
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 FromLatin cum . CompareRomanian cu .
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with cu
( Cabrales ) Alternative form ofcon cu
Interjection used repeatly to call those hiding in hide and seek cu
( Somiedo, Armellada de Órbigo ) Alternative form ofque cu f (plural cus )
The name of theLatin-script letterQ /q . cu (upper case Cu )
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 Clipping ofEnglish cu shion .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese , billiards , snooker , pool) cushion ( lip around the table ) 撞 cu [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― zong6 ku1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) cu m (plural cus )
Alternative spelling ofku FromOld Galician-Portuguese cuu , fromLatin cūlum ( “ ass ” ) . Cognate withPortuguese cu .
cu m (plural cus )
( vulgar , anatomy ) ass ,arse ,booty ,rear ,behind ,butt ,buttocks Synonyms: nádegas ,pandeiro ,traseiro ( 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 bottom of avessel orbottle cu m
( 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 FromLatin kū ( the name of the letter Q ) .
cu m or f (invariable )
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 cu
first-person singular present ofkśěś cu
Nonstandard spelling ofcū .Nonstandard spelling ofcú .Nonstandard spelling ofcǔ .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 (plural ky )
Alternative spelling ofcou cu m
Alternative spelling ofcú cu
I ,first-person singular Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)FromLatin cum ( “ with ” ) .
cu
with cu f (plural cus )
cue ( the letter q, Q ) Inherited fromProto-West Germanic *kō ( “ cow ” ) .
cū f (nominative plural cȳ )
cow Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese cuu ( “ ass ” ) , fromLatin cūlum . CompareGalician cu ,Spanish andItalian culo ,French cul , andRomanian cur .
cu m (plural cus )( vulgar )
buttocks ;arse ,ass ,butt ,bum Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nádegas anus ;butthole Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ânus ( Brazil ) anything or anyoneannoying ,boring or somewhat badSynonym: cuzão Essa música é umcu ―This song isass In Brazil, the term refers strictly to the anus, not being used to mean the buttocks. cu m or f (invariable )
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 fromLatin cum , fromProto-Italic *kom , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱóm ( “ next to, at, with, along ” ) . Cognate withSicilian cu .
cu (+accusative )
with Vreau să vincu tine. I want to comewith you. 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).
FromLatin quod .
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( Puter ) than FromLatin cum . CompareItalian con ,Neapolitan cu ,Romanian cu .
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with When followed by a definite article,cu combines with the article to produce the following combined forms: From an inflection ofLatin quis . Akin tochi andca .
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who that IPA (key ) : /ˈku/ [ˈku] Rhymes:-u Syllabification:cu cu f (plural cus or cúes )
Name of the letterq Borrowed fromSpanish cu , the Spanish name of the letterQ /q .
cu (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ )( historical )
the name of theLatin-script letterQ /q , in theAbecedario Synonym: ( in the Filipino alphabet ) kyu FromLatin cum .
cu
with cu
( chiefly Internet , 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" FromProto-Vietic *t-kuː ( “ dove ” ) ; ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phongtəkuː¹ . CompareThai เขา ( kǎo ) ,Chinese 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u ) (B-S),Burmese ခို ( hkui ) ,English coo .
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.
(classifier con ) cu • (鴝 ) (phonemic reduplicative cu cu )
dove ;pigeon ( especially the wild ones ) cu • (鴝 )
( onomatopoeia ) coo From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compareEnglish cock ,Chinese 屌 ( diǎo ) ,鳥 / 鸟 ( “ bird ” ) ,Cantonese 㞗 ,鳩 / 鸠 ( “ pigeon ” ) ,Thai นกเขา ( nók-kǎo ,“ pigeon ” ) . Also seecò ,chim .
(classifier con ) cu
( anatomy , informal ) penis ;cock ;prick cu • (俱 )
( colloquial ) boy Thằngcu đó quậy thật. He's one mischievous boy. Ê cu! Lại đây biểu! Hey boy! Come here! FromMiddle Welsh ku , fromProto-Brythonic *kʉβ̃ (compareBreton kuñv ), fromProto-Celtic *koimos ( “ dear, nice ” ) (compareOld Irish cóem ), fromProto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ( “ of the home, belonging to the family ” ) (compareEnglish home ,Lithuanian káimas ( “ village, countryside ” ) ,Sanskrit क्षेम ( kṣéma ,“ basis, foundation ” ) ).
cu (feminine singular cu ,plural cu ,equative cued ,comparative cuach ,superlative cuaf )
dear ,beloved Synonyms: annwyl ,hoff Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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