kū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuː/
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
Derived terms
- helekū (“walk upright”, verb)
- hoʻokū (“establish”, verb)
- kūlana (“position”)
- kūʻokoʻa (“independent”)
Etymology 2
Noun
kū
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ 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
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuː/
Noun
kū
Declension
| 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
- ku — nonstandard
Pronunciation
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