чу

From Proto-Avaro-Andian *ʔičʷa, from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *Wci, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

чу • (ču)

1. horse

• гӏала (ʻala)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃu̟]

чу • (ču)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of чу́я (čúja)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of чу́я (čúja)

чу • (ču)

1. in

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃu]

чу • (ču)

1. second/third-person singular aorist of чуе (čue)

From Chinese 醋.

чу (ču)

1. vinegar

From its earlier form *če-gü, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate to Tuvan чүү (çüü), etc. See also чуг (čug), но (no), etc.

чу • (ču)

1. what

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чу”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu]

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чу • (ču)

1. listen!; be quiet! (interjection used to draw someone's attention to a sound or make someone listen to something)
   • 1840, Mikhail Lermontov, Valerik: "I'm Writing to You by Chance – Really":

     Чу ― да́льний вы́стрел!

     Ču ― dálʹnij výstrel!

     Listen – a distant gunshot!

2. (as an introductory word) I can hear
   • 1812, Vasily Zhukovsky, Svetlana:

     Чу!.. в дали́ пусто́й греми́т // Колоко́льчик зво́нкий

     Ču!.. v dalí pustój gremít // Kolokólʹčik zvónkij

     Hark..! Something empty rattles in the distance // A resounding bell