khu
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forNkhumbi.
FromEgyptianꜣḫ.
khu (pluralkhus)
- In ancient Egyptian mythology, a part of thesoul orspirit which left the body after death.
1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page222:The highest level of consciousness is with theKhu; this is what the Indians would call Atman.
1983, Norman Mailer,Ancient Evenings:Yes, theKhu was a light in your mind while you lived, but in death, it must return to heaven.
khu m
- crop,craw,stomach of an animal
- Singh, U Nissor (1906),Khasi-English dictionary[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page36. Searchable online atSEAlang.net.
khu (ergative and obliquekhuan)
- thatdownthere
khu (pluralkhûng)
- thatdownthere
Note that all pronoun forms of the demonstratives are pronounced with different tones to their determiner counterparts. Oblique forms are pronounced with one tone when used in the ergative, and a different tone in other cases.
Cognate withVietnamesesâu.
khu
- (Mường Bi, zoology)caterpillar;grub(as pests)
FromChinese區 (MC khju), probably throughVietnamesekhu.
khu
- area,zone
- Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002),Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[2], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.
FromProto-Kuki-Chin*khuu, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*kuw.
khu
- smoke
- steam
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Sino-Vietnamese word from區.
khu
- district,area,zone
- ward
CompareChinese尻 (OC*[k]ʰˤu) (B-S) (SV:khào).
(classifiercái) khu
- (North Central Vietnam)buttock,ass/arse
