wu

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”)

wu (plural wus or wu)

1. (historical) A Chinese shaman.

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wu m (uncountable)

1. Wu (Sinitic language)

wu

1. pig

wu

1. carry on a shoulder

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• hu (obsolete)

From Proto-Slavic *u.

• IPA^(key): /u/

wu (with genitive)

1. at; at the home, office, workshop, etc. of (compare German bei, French chez, Latin apud, etc.)

wu

1. Nonstandard spelling of wū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wù.

• 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.

Compare German wo, Yiddish וווּ‎ (vu), Dutch waar, English where.

wu

1. (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!

• IPA^(key): /vu/

wu n

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

• (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 ^{(Category: pl:Latin letter names)}

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

wu m

1. two

• we