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fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

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Etymology 1

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From fuck + you.

Interjection

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fu

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

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  • Abbreviation

Noun

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fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Etymology 3

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From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

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fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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fu (uncountable)

  1. (informal) kung fu
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:
      But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

Etymology 5

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Variant of -fu.

Noun

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fu (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Expertise, mastery
    UNIX fu

References

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  • “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ama

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu

  1. pig

References

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  • Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu1).

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Noun

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fu

  1. (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/*, /ˈfu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: fù

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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fu (invariable)

  1. deceased, late
    Synonym: defunto

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fu

  1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Further reading

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fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

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Romanization

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fu

  1. The hiragana syllable ふ (fu) or the katakana syllable フ (fu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Classifier

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fu

  1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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fū

  1. foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

Usage notes

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Can take the dative

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Lithuanian

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Interjection

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fu

  1. Clipping of fui.

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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fu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nalik

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Particle

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fu

  1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

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  • mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

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  • Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian fā, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include West Frisian fange and Mooring North Frisian füünj.

Verb

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fu

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, obtain, receive

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fu
infinitive I fu
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 Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

Noun

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fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) ass
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

  1. fire

Descendants

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  • Middle French: feu
    • French: feu

Old Irish

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Preposition

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fu

  1. Alternative form of fo

Polish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

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fu

  1. (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj, pfu, pfuj
  2. (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj
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interjections

Further reading

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  • fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

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Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/
  • Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

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fu

  1. third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

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fu

  1. An indication of disgust
  2. the hissing of a cat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Sranan Tongo

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Preposition

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fu

  1. of, belonging to
  2. from
  3. about
  4. for

Particle

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fu

  1. 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?
  2. in order to

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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-fu (declinable)

  1. dead

Declension

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Inflected forms of -fu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mfu
m-mi class(III/IV) mfu mifu
ji-ma class(V/VI) fu mafu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kifu vifu
n class(IX/X) fu fu
u class(XI) mfu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pafu
ku class(XVII) kufu
mu class(XVIII) mufu

Derived terms

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  • mfu (“dead person”)
  • ufu (“death”)
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Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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fu

  1. from

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. Soft mutation of bu.

Mutation

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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 Makian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu

  1. (informal) feces
    Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

Etymology 2

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Possibly related to the above etymology.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. (intransitive) to explode
Conjugation
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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

References

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  • 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

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. 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 notes

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  • Always occurs in construction with ara

Derived terms

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  • fura (“to suspect”)
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