xu

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xu/

Particle edit

xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)

but
however
although

References edit

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

Unami edit

Particle edit

xu

future tense marker
Làpi xu pè.
He will come again.

Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.
Tomorrow I will make sapan.

References edit

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

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From French sou.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]

Noun edit

xu

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

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

đồng xu

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /su˧/

Verb edit

xu

to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

Derived terms edit

xu siab (“undesirable”)

References edit

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