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kū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Maori tū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD.[1][2]

Verb

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kū

  1. to stand, to rise
  2. to stop, to halt
  3. to anchor, to park
  4. to establish
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English stew.

Noun

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kū

  1. stew

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kū”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 167-8

Further reading

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  • “kū” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of kū – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 舅).

Japanese

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Romanization

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kū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くう

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

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Noun

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kū

  1. month
  2. (astronomy) a moon

Declension

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Declension of kū (12)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) kū kūd
genitive (genitīv) kū kūd
partitive (partitīv) kūdõ kūd̦i
dative (datīv) kūn kūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kūkõks kūdkõks
illative (illatīv) kūzõ kūži
inessive (inesīv) kūsõ
kūs 		kūši
elative (elatīv) kūstõ
kūst 		kūšti

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Romanization

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kū (ku1, Zhuyin ㄎㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 刳
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哭
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圐
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圣
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堀
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扝
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枯
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桍
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矹
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窉
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窟
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胐
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跍
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軲／轱
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轱
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郀
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝／𱂵
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 骷
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮬／𱇦
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