See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"
English
Etymology
Back-formation from kung fu.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: foo
Suffix
-fu
- (slang) Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.
- Google + -fu → Google-fu
- script + -fu → script-fu
My Google-fu is weak!
Aragorn uses Ranger-fu to figure out that Sam and Frodo have taken a boat.
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
-fu
- Rōmaji transcription of ふ
Scots
Pronunciation
Suffix
-fu
- -ful (both senses)
Swahili
Suffix
-fu
- suffix used to derive a noun or adjective, replacing the final -ka in the case of stative verbs
- -angalia (“to observe”) + -fu → -angalifu (“observant”)
- -tukuka (“to be exalted”) + -fu → utukufu (“glory”)
See also
Swahili terms suffixed with -fu