wu
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”).
Noun edit
wu (plural wus or wu)
- (historical) A Chinese shaman.
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Cameroon Pidgin edit
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Pronoun edit
wu
- Alternative form of we (“1st person plural subject personal pronoun”)
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wu m (uncountable)
- Wu (Sinitic language)
Laboya edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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wu
Etymology 2 edit
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wu
References edit
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wu”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
Lashi edit
Pronunciation edit
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wu
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wu
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Limburgish edit
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wu
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *u.
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wu (with genitive)
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
wu
- Nonstandard spelling of wū.
- Nonstandard spelling of wú.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of wù.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German wo, Yiddish וווּ (vu), Dutch waar, English where.
Adverb edit
wu
- (interrogative, relative) where
- Wu iss die Kuh?
- Where is the cow?
- Nau muss er sei Actions schtelle wu sei grosse Maul iss!
- Now he has to put his actions where his big mouth is!
Polish edit
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Noun edit
wu n
- The name of the Latin-script letter W.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) litera; a, ą, be, ce, cie, de, e, ę, ef, gie, ha, i, jot, ka, el, eł, em, en, eń, o, ó / o z kreską, pe, er, es, eś, te, u, wu, y / igrek, zet, ziet, żet
Further reading edit
- wu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.
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wu m
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Wutunhua edit
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wu
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Yola edit
Pronoun edit
wu
- Alternative form of wough (“wee”)
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 5:
- Wu canna baar to gow aveel,
- We cannot bear to go abroad,
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:
- Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,
- We cannot go to the Island fair,
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 13:
- Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,
- We cannot go to the chapel gate
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Verb edit
wù
- to please; to attract, appeal, desire
- Synonym: rè
- òṣùpá wù mí jọ̀sán; ẹni t'ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ wù mí jọ̀lẹ lọ
- The moon attracts me more than the afternoon, the person who works hard attracts me more than a lazy person
- to be attractive; to be appealing to someone's taste
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- wu before a direct object
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wù
Usage notes edit
- wu before a direct object
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wù
Usage notes edit
- wu before a direct object
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wu
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wú
- to swell up; to rise
- ojú egbò ó wú
- The surface of the sore swelled up
- (idiomatic) to grow quickly
- (idiomatic) to embolden, to dignify; to ennoble (literally) to make one's soul (orí) swell
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wú
- to unearth, uproot, dig up; to exhume
- ojú egbò ó wú
- The surface of the sore swelled up
- (idiomatic) to grow quickly
- to cough
- to become or get puffed up
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wú
Derived terms edit
- wúyè (“to celebrate; to be coronated”)
- ìwúyè (“coronation”)