xu

xu

1. x unit

• su

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and sou.

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

xu (plural xu or (rare) xus)

1. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

• & ux., UX

xu

1. romanization of 𐍇𐌿

From Proto-Gbe *χʷú.^[1] Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe xwyá, Adja xú, Ayizo xu

• hú (Nigeria)

• IPA^(key): /xú/

xú (Benin)

1. to dry

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú.^[2] Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

• hú, ohú (Nigeria)
• oxú

• IPA^(key): /xú/

xú (plural xú lɛ́) (Benin)

1. bone

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu.^[3] Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

• hù, ohù (Nigeria)
• oxù

• IPA^(key): /xù/

xù (plural xù lɛ́) (Benin)

1. sea, ocean

xu (xu⁵ / xu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓿

xu

1. nonstandard spelling of xū
2. nonstandard spelling of xú
3. nonstandard spelling of xǔ
4. nonstandard spelling of xù

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /χu/

xu

1. face

   Xu he ǀxaquka

   the face is beautiful.

xu

1. at the front part of something, at the face of something; be in front of.

1. Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.
2. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town

From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

• IPA^(key): /xu/

xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)

1. but
2. however
3. although

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “xu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

xu

1. future tense marker

   Làpi xu pè.

   He will come again.

   Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.

   Tomorrow I will make sapan.

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

From French sou.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]

xu

1. xu (1/100 of a dong); cent; penny

• IPA^(key): /su˧/

xu

1. to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.