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xu

See also: Xu, xù, xú, xū, xǔ, xử, xứ, and ǃXũ

Translingual

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Symbol

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xu

  1. x unit

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and sou.

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Noun

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xu (plural xu or (rare) xus)

  1. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

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Gothic

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Romanization

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xu

  1. Romanization of 𐍇𐌿

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Gbe *χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe xwyá, Adja xú, Ayizo xu

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Verb

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xú (Benin)

  1. to dry
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

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Noun

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xú (plural xú lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. bone

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu. Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

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Noun

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xù (plural xù lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. sea, ocean

Mandarin

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Romanization

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xu (xu5／xu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓿

xu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of xū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of xú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of xǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of xù.

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.

Phalura

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Etymology

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From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

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Particle

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xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)

  1. but
  2. however
  3. although

References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “xu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Unami

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Particle

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xu

  1. future tense marker
    Làpi xu pè.
    He will come again.
    Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.
    Tomorrow I will make sapan.

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From French sou.

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Noun

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xu

  1. xu (1/100 of a dong); cent; penny

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Looks possibly like a Chinese borrowing; some candidates include 違 (MC hjw+j, “to violate, be apart”), 錯 (MC tshuH|tshak, “mistake”), 虛 (MC xjo|khjo, “empty, hollow”).”

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xu

  1. to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.
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