-fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology

Back-formation from kung fu.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophone: foo

Suffix

-fu

  1. (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

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Scots

Pronunciation

Suffix

-fu

  1. -ful (both senses)

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • (after a vowel) -vu

Suffix

-fu

  1. 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