Wiktionary

kū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Hawaiian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

kū

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

Etymology 2 edit

From English stew.

Noun edit

kū

  1. stew

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

kū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くう

Livonian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kū

  1. month
  2. (astronomy) a moon

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

Category Livonian compound terms with kū not found

See also edit

Mandarin edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ku — nonstandard

Pronunciation edit

  • audio(file)

Romanization edit

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

Min Nan edit

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