fu
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]fu
Etymology 2
[edit]- Abbreviation
Noun
[edit]fu (plural fus)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]fu (plural fu)
- A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]fu (uncountable)
- (informal) kung fu
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:
- But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.
Etymology 5
[edit]Suffix
[edit]fu
- Alternative spelling of -fu
- UNIX fu
References
[edit]- “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Ama
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fu
References
[edit]- Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.
Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu1).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fiou
- Wade–Giles: fiu1
- Yale: fyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fiou
- Palladius: фю (fju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]fu
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fu (invariable)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]fu
- third-person singular past historic of essere
Further reading
[edit]fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]fu
Lashi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Classifier
[edit]fu
- classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf
References
[edit]- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fuː/, [fuː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fu/, [fuː]
Interjection
[edit]fū
Usage notes
[edit]Can take the dative
Related terms
[edit]Lithuanian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]fu
- Clipping of fui.
References
[edit]- “fu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]fu
- Nonstandard spelling of fū.
- Nonstandard spelling of fú.
- Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of fù.
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.
Nalik
[edit]Particle
[edit]fu
- plural marker on some words
Coordinate terms
[edit]- mun (usual plural marker)
Further reading
[edit]- Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90
North Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to seize, grasp”). The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish få. The retention of the Germanic stem alternation may also have been reinforced by it. Other cognates include West Frisian fange, Dutch vangen, German fangen (all “to catch”).
Verb
[edit]fu
- (Föhr-Amrum) to get, receive, obtain
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive I | fu | |
---|---|---|
infinitive II | (tu) fun | |
past participle | fingen | |
imperative singular | fu | |
imperative plural | fu’m | |
present | past | |
1st singular | fu | fing |
2nd singular | feest, feist | fingst |
3rd singular | fee, feit | fing |
plural | fu | fing |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st singular | haa fingen | hed fingen |
2nd singular | heest fingen | hedst fingen |
3rd singular | hee fingen | hed fingen |
plural | haa fingen | hed fingen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st singular | skal fu | wal fu |
2nd singular | skääl fu | wääl fu |
3rd singular | skal fu | wal fu |
plural | skel fu | wel fu |
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).
Noun
[edit]fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)
- (anatomy, colloquial) ass
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)
Descendants
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Preposition
[edit]fu
- Alternative form of fo
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]fu
- (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)
- (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fu
- (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi
Synonyms
[edit]- fuse (formal)
Sicilian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fu
- third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]fu
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Preposition
[edit]fu
Particle
[edit]fu
- used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
- ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies][2], page 107:
- Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
- Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
- in order to
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-fu (declinable)
Declension
[edit]Noun class | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
m-wa class(I/II) | mfu | wafu |
m-mi class(III/IV) | mfu | mifu |
ji-ma class(V/VI) | fu | mafu |
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kifu | vifu |
n class(IX/X) | fu | fu |
u class(XI) | mfu | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
pa class(XVI) | pafu | |
ku class(XVII) | kufu | |
mu class(XVIII) | mufu |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Vilamovian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Preposition
[edit]fu
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viː/
Verb
[edit]fu
- Soft mutation of bu.
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bu | fu | mu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Makian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fu
Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly related to the above etymology.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fu
- (intransitive) to explode
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fu (action verb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tofu | mofu | afu | |
2nd person | nofu | fofu | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ifu | dofu | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nufu, fu | fufu, fu |
References
[edit]- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[3], Pacific linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics
Yoruba
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fu
- to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
- ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out
Usage notes
[edit]- Always occurs in construction with ara
Derived terms
[edit]- fura (“to suspect”)
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