wu

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”).

wu (plural wus or wu)

1. (historical) A Chinese shaman.

• UW

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Myanmar) /wu˧/
• (Lianghe) [wɑ³¹]
• (Longchuan) [o³¹]
• (Luxi) [waʔ⁵⁵]
• (Xiandao) [o³¹]

wu

1. bamboo

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 137

• IPA^(key): /wu/

wu

1. alternative form of we (“1st person plural subject personal pronoun”)

wu

1. (Erzgebirgisch) where

• wuhar
• wuhie

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 29

• IPA^(key): /wu/

wu m (uncountable)

1. Wu (Sinitic language)

wu

1. The hiragana syllable 𛄟 (wu) or the katakana syllable 𛄢 (wu) in Hepburn romanization.

• IPA^(key): [ˈwuː]

• wuna

wu

1. fruit

wu

1. hair

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

• wuë (Eupen, non-reduced form)

Reduced form of wuë.

• IPA^(key): /ʋuː/
• Hyphenation: wu
• Rhymes: -uː

wu

1. (Eupen) Reduced form of wuë (“where”)

• hu (obsolete)

From Proto-Slavic *u.

• IPA^(key): /u/

wu [with genitive]

1. at; at the home, office, workshop, etc. of (compare German bei, French chez, Latin apud, etc.)

wu

1. nonstandard spelling of wū
2. nonstandard spelling of wú
3. nonstandard spelling of wǔ
4. nonstandard spelling of wù

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Compare German wo, Yiddish וווּ (vu), Dutch waar, English where.

wu

1. (interrogative, relative) where

   Wu iss die Kuh?

   Where is the cow?

   Nau muss er sei Actions schtelle wu sei grosse Maul iss!

   Now he has to put his actions where his big mouth is!

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: wu

wu n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

• (Latin-script letter names) litera; a, ą, be, ce, cie, de, e, ę, ef, gie, ha, i, jot, ka, el, eł, em, en, eń, o, ó / o z kreską, pe, er, es, eś, te, u, wu, y / igrek, zet, ziet, żet

• wu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

wu m

1. two

• we

From Mandarin 五 (wǔ).

wu

1. five

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[3], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

wu

1. alternative form of wough (“wee”)
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 5:

     Wu canna baar to gow aveel,

     We cannot bear to go abroad,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 13:

     Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,

     We cannot go to the chapel gate

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[4], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. to please; to attract, appeal, desire

   Synonym: rè

   òṣùpá wù mí jọ̀sán; ẹni t'ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ wù mí jọ̀lẹ lọ

   The moon attracts me more than the afternoon, the person who works hard attracts me more than a lazy person

2. to be attractive; to be appealing to someone's taste

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù
• èwù (possibly)

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. to grow; to sprout
2. to decay, to rot; (literally) to grow or develop outgrowth because of rottenness

   igi máa ń wù, tó bá ti tutù

   Wood decays if it is wet

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. to happen, appear, seem

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wū/

wu

1. to undergo danger; to be in danger

• ewu (“danger”)
• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. to swell up; to rise

   ojú egbò ó wú

   The surface of the sore swelled up

2. (idiomatic) to grow quickly
3. (idiomatic) to embolden, to dignify; to ennoble (literally) to make one's soul (orí) swell

• ìwú
• wúnilórí

• hú

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. to unearth, uproot, dig up; to exhume

   ojú egbò ó wú

   The surface of the sore swelled up

2. (idiomatic) to grow quickly
3. to cough
4. to become or get puffed up

• ìwú
• wúkọ́ (“to cough”)
• wúre (“to pray”)

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. to celebrate

   Synonym: yọ̀

• wúyè (“to celebrate; to be crowned”)
• ìwúyè (“coronation”)