kū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Hawaiian

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

  1. to stand, to rise
  2. to stop, to halt
  3. to anchor, to park
  4. to establish
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English stew.

Noun

kū

  1. stew

References
  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
  2. Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kū”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 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.

Japanese

Romanization

kū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くう

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuː/

Noun

kū

  1. month
  2. (astronomy) a moon

Declension
Declension of kū (12)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) kū kūd
genitive (genitīv) kū kūd
partitive (partitīv) kūdõ kūḑi
dative (datīv) kūn kūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kūkõks kūdkõks
illative (illatīv) kūzõ kūži
inessive (inesīv) kūsõ
kūs		 kūši
elative (elatīv) kūstõ
kūst		 kūšti

Derived terms
Category Livonian compound terms with kū not found

See also

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • ku – nonstandard

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Romanization

kū (ku1, Zhuyin ㄎㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 刳
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哭
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圐
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圣
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堀
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扝
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枯
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桍
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矹
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窉
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窟
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胐
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跍
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軲／轱
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轱
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郀
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝／𱂵
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 骷
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮬／𱇦

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of kū – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).
(This character, kū, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 舅.)
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