fu

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English

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Etymology 1

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From fuck + you.

Interjection

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fu

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

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  • Abbreviation

Noun

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fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Etymology 3

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From Mandarin ().

Noun

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fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
Translations
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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fu (uncountable)

  1. (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

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Suffix

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fu

  1. Alternative spelling of -fu
    UNIX fu

References

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  • fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ama

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu

  1. pig

References

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  • Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu1).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu

  1. (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/*, /ˈfu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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fu (invariable)

  1. deceased, late
    Synonym: defunto

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fu

  1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Further reading

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fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

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Romanization

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fu

  1. The hiragana syllable (fu) or the katakana syllable (fu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Classifier

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fu

  1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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  1. foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

Usage notes

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Can take the dative

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Lithuanian

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Interjection

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fu

  1. Clipping of fui.

References

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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fu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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.

Nalik

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Particle

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fu

  1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

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  • mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

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  • Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (to seize, grasp). The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish . 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

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fu

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, receive, obtain

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

Noun

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fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) ass
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References

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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fu oblique singularm (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

  1. fire

Descendants

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  • Middle French: feu
    • French: feu

Old Irish

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Preposition

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fu

  1. Alternative form of fo

Polish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

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fu

  1. (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj, pfu, pfuj
  2. (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj
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interjections

Further reading

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  • fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

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Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/
  • Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

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fu

  1. third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

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fu

  1. An indication of disgust
  2. the hissing of a cat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Sranan Tongo

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Preposition

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fu

  1. of, belonging to
  2. from
  3. about
  4. for

Particle

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fu

  1. 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?
  2. in order to

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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-fu (declinable)

  1. dead

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • mfu (dead person)
  • ufu (death)
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Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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fu

  1. from

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. Soft mutation of bu.

Mutation

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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

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fu

  1. (informal) feces
    Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

Etymology 2

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Possibly related to the above etymology.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. (intransitive) to explode
Conjugation
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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

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fu

  1. to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
    ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti túI suspect that the secret is out

Usage notes

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  • Always occurs in construction with ara

Derived terms

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  • fura (to suspect)