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kū

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Maori tū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD.[1][2]

Verb

kū

  1. to stand, to rise
  2. to stop, to halt
  3. to anchor, to park
  4. to establish
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stew.

Noun

kū

  1. stew

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kū”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 167-8

Further reading

  • “kū” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of kū – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 舅).

Japanese

Romanization

kū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くう

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Pronunciation

Noun

kū

  1. month
  2. (astronomy) a moon

Declension

Declension of kū (12)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) kū kūd
genitive (genitīv) kū kūd
partitive (partitīv) kūdõ kūd̦i
dative (datīv) kūn kūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kūkõks kūdkõks
illative (illatīv) kūzõ kūži
inessive (inesīv) kūsõ
kūs 		kūši
elative (elatīv) kūstõ
kūst 		kūšti

Derived terms

See also

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Romanization

kū (ku1, Zhuyin ㄎㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 刳
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哭
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圐
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圣
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堀
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扝
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枯
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桍
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矹
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窉
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窟
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胐
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跍
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軲／轱
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轱
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郀
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝／𱂵
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 骷
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮬／𱇦
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