fu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
InterjectionEdit
fu
Etymology 2Edit
- Abbreviation
NounEdit
fu (plural fus)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
fu (plural fu)
- A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
TranslationsEdit
Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry
Etymology 4Edit
Variant of -fu.
NounEdit
fu (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- fu at OneLook Dictionary Search
AmaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fu
ReferencesEdit
- Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fu
- third-person singular past historic of essere
AdjectiveEdit
fu (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
fu
LashiEdit
PronunciationEdit
ClassifierEdit
fu
- classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf
ReferencesEdit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
fū
Usage notesEdit
Can take the dative
Related termsEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
fu
- Nonstandard spelling of fū.
- Nonstandard spelling of fú.
- Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of fù.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
NalikEdit
ParticleEdit
fu
- plural marker on some words
Coordinate termsEdit
- mun (usual plural marker)
Further readingEdit
- Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.
VerbEdit
fu
- (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of fu
infinitive I | fu | |
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infinitive II | tu fuen | |
past participle | fingen | |
imperative singular | fu | |
imperative plural | fu'm | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik fu | ik fing |
2nd-person singular | dü feist/feest | dü fingst |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at feit/fee | hi/hat/at fing |
1st-person dual | wat fu | wat fing |
2nd-person dual | jat fu | jat fing |
1st-person plural | wi fu | wi fing |
2nd-person plural | jam fu | jam fing |
3rd-person plural | jo fu | jo fing |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa fingen | ik hed fingen |
2nd-person singular | dü heest fingen | dü hedst fingen |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee fingen | hi/hat/at hed fingen |
1st-person dual | wat haa fingen | wat hed fingen |
2nd-person dual | jat haa fingen | jat hed fingen |
1st-person plural | wi haa fingen | wi hed fingen |
2nd-person plural | jam haa fingen | jam hed fingen |
3rd-person plural | jo haa fingen | jo hed fingen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal fu | ik wal fu |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl fu | dü wääl fu |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal fu | hi/hat/at wal fu |
1st-person dual | wat skel fu | wat wel fu |
2nd-person dual | jat skel fu | jat wel fu |
1st-person plural | wi skel fu | wi wel fu |
2nd-person plural | jam skel fu | jam wel fu |
3rd-person plural | jo skel fu | jo wel fu |
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).
NounEdit
fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)
- (anatomy, colloquial) ass
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fu m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)
DescendantsEdit
Old IrishEdit
PrepositionEdit
fu
- Alternative form of fo
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fu
- (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi
SynonymsEdit
- fuse (formal)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
fu
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan TongoEdit
PrepositionEdit
fu
ParticleEdit
fu
- used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
- ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies][2], page 107:
- Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
- Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
- in order to
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
-fu (declinable)
InflectionEdit
Inflected forms of -fu
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
VilamovianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
PrepositionEdit
fu
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viː/
VerbEdit
fu
- Soft mutation of bu.
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bu | fu | mu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West MakianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fu
Etymology 2Edit
Possibly related to the above etymology.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fu
- (intransitive) to explode
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of fu (action verb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tofu | mofu | afu | |
2nd person | nofu | fofu | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ifu | dofu | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nufu, fu | fufu, fu |
ReferencesEdit
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[3], Pacific linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics
YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fu
- to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
- ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out
Usage notesEdit
- Always occurs in construction with ara
Derived termsEdit
- fura (“to suspect”)