cù

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Corsican

Alternative forms

• cun

Etymology

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, along”). Cognates include Italian con and Romanian cu.

Preposition

cù

1. with

   veni cù noi ― come with us

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cu — nonstandard

Romanization

cù (cu⁴, Zhuyin ㄘㄨˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 促
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 协
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噈
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塶
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憱
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 数
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敲
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梀
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槭
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殧
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猝
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘄
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘯
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簇
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縃
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縬／𦈚
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脨
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔟
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趋
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趗
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趡
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趤
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踧
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹙
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹴
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹵
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酗
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醋
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錮／锢
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 错
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顣／𫖹
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼀／𱋾

Scottish Gaelic

cù

Etymology

From Old Irish cú (“dog”), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna), from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuː/

Noun

cù m (genitive singular coin, plural coin)

1. dog, hound

Declension

Declension of cù

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cù	coin
Genitive	coin	chon
Dative	cù	coin
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) cù	(na) coin
Genitive	(a') choin	(nan) con
Dative	(a') chù	(na) coin
Vocative	(a) choin; (a) chuilidh	(a) chona

Derived terms

• cù an òtraich (“mongrel dog”)
• cù-allaidh, cù-choille, cù-faol, cù-fàsach, cù-fàsaich, cù-gearr (“wolf”)
• cù-chaorach (“sheepdog, shepherd's collie”)
• cù-cnàmha (“louse”)
• cù-donn (“otter”)
• cù-dubh (“bloodhound”)
• cù-dur (“otter”)
• cù-eunaich (“pointer, setter, spaniel, retriever”)
• cù-fada, cù-fionn, cù-gorm, cù-gortach (“greyhound”)
• cù-feòladair (“bulldog”, literally “flesher's dog”)
• cù-fionn (“moth”)
• cù-ghearraidh (“critic, backbiter”)
• cù-lomna (“tied dog”)
• cù-lorgaidh (“beagle”)
• cù-luirge (“beagle, bloodhound, gaze-hound”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cù	chù
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩]
• Homophone: Cù

Verb

cù • (求, 衢)

1. (Northern Vietnam) to tickle; to entice

   Synonyms: cù lét, chọc lét, thọc lét

Noun

(classifier con) cù

1. humming top, spinning top