cu

cu

1. I, first-person singular

• Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), citing Luis de Valdiva's work

From Latin cum. Compare Daco-Romanian cu.

cu

1. with

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Rhymes: -u

cu f (plural cus)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

cu m (plural cus)

1. Alternative spelling of ku

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cuu, from Latin culus (“ass”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈku]

cu m (plural cus)

1. (vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks

   Synonyms: nádegas, pandeiro, traseiro

2. (vulgar, anatomy) anus
   1. • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

        faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon

        prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the anus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the anus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

3. bottom of a vessel or bottle

cu m

1. (name of the letter q): Misspelling of que.

• “cuu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cuu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin kū (the name of the letter Q).

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Stress: cù
• Hyphenation: cu

cu m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.; cue

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

• com

• IPA^(key): [t͡su]

cu

1. first-person singular present of kśěś

cu

1. Nonstandard spelling of cū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cù.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

cu

1. Alternative form of cou

cu

1. I, first-person singular

• Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913)

From Latin cum (“with”).

cu

1. with

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus. Compare Old Frisian kū,Old Saxon kō, Old Dutch kuo, Old High German kuo, Old Norse kýr.

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

cū f (nominative plural cȳ)

1. cow

   Sume dæġe hē cōm tō scōle rīdende on cȳ.

   One day, he came to school riding a cow.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Of Saint James the Apostle"

     Ān cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.

     A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.

• cūhyrde
• cūwearm

• Middle English: cou, kow, cow, cu, ku, kowe, cowe
  • English: cow
    • Sranan Tongo: kaw
    • Tok Pisin: kau
    • → Abenaki: kaoz (from "cows")
    • → Maori: kau
  • Scots: coo, coe, cou

From Old Portuguese cuu, from Latin culus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-. Compare French cul and Spanish culo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Rhymes: -u

cu m (plural cus)

1. (Brazil, vulgar) arsehole or asshole (anus)
2. (Portugal, vulgar) ass, arse, butt
3. (Brazil, vulgar) anything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad

• cueiro

From Latin cum, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

• IPA^(key): /ku/

cu (+accusative)

1. with

   Vreau să vin cu tine. ― I want to come with you.

2. with (in the instrumental sense)

   Vin cu bicicleta. ― I come by bicycle.

   Lovesc o oglindă cu un ciocan. ― I hit a mirror with a hammer.

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Sutsilvan) ca
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Vallader) co

From Latin quod.

cu

1. (Puter) than

• IPA^(key): [ku]

From Latin cum.

cu

1. with

From Latin quis.

cu

1. who, whom

• cuegghiè

• IPA^(key): /ku/

  • (file)

  • Rhymes: -u

cu f (plural cus or cúes)

1. Name of the letter q.

• “cu” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From Latin cum.

cu

1. with

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧]

From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); probably onomatopoeic. Compare Chinese 鳩.

(classifier con) cu (鴝)

1. dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)

• bồ câu

cu (鴝)

1. (onomatopoeia) coo

(classifier con) cu

1. (anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick

• chim; dái; cặc; buồi

cu (俱)

1. (colloquial) boy

   Thằng cu đó quậy thật.

   He's a mischievous boy.

   "Cu Tí ơi!"

   "Hey, Ti-boy!"

   "Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!"

   "Hey boy! Come here!"

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kiː/
• Homophone: ci (South Wales only)

cu (feminine singular cu, plural cu)

1. dear, beloved

• (beloved): annwyl, hoff