cù

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Mandarin

Romanization

cù (Zhuyin ㄘㄨˋ)

Pinyin transcription of 促
Pinyin transcription of 协
Pinyin transcription of 噈
Pinyin transcription of 塶
Pinyin transcription of 憱
Pinyin transcription of 数
Pinyin transcription of 敲
Pinyin transcription of 梀
Pinyin transcription of 槭
Pinyin transcription of 殧
Pinyin transcription of 猝
Pinyin transcription of 瘄
Pinyin transcription of 瘯
Pinyin transcription of 簇
Pinyin transcription of 縃
Pinyin transcription of 縬
Pinyin transcription of 脨
Pinyin transcription of 蔟
Pinyin transcription of 趋
Pinyin transcription of 趗
Pinyin transcription of 趡
Pinyin transcription of 趤
Pinyin transcription of 踧
Pinyin transcription of 蹙
Pinyin transcription of 蹴
Pinyin transcription of 蹵
Pinyin transcription of 酗
Pinyin transcription of 醋
Pinyin transcription of 錮
Pinyin transcription of 错
Pinyin transcription of 顣
Pinyin transcription of 鼀

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cú (“dog”), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna), from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuː/

Noun

cù m (genitive singular coin, plural coin)

dog, hound

Usage notes

The plural genitive forms are chon (without article) and nan con.

Derived terms

Terms derived from cù

cù-allaidh, cù-choille, cu-faol, cù-fàsach, cù-fàsaich, cù-gearr (“wolf”)
cù an òtraich (“mongrel dog”)
cù-chaorach (“sheepdog, shepherd's collie”)
cù-cnàmha (“louse”)
cù-donn (“otter”)

cù-dubh (“bloodhound”)
cù-dur (“otter”)
cù-eunaich (“pointer, setter, spaniel, retriever”)
cù-fada, cù-fionn, cù-gorm, cù-gortach (“greyhound”)
cù-feòladair (“bulldog”, literally “flesher's dog”)

cù-fionn (“moth”)
cù-ghearraidh (“critic, backbiter”)
cù-lomna (“tied dog”)
cù-lorgaidh (“beagle”)
cù-luirge (“beagle, bloodhound, gaze-hound”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cù	chù
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 cú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩]
Homophone: Cù

Verb

cù (求, 衢)

to tickle; to entice

Synonyms

cù lét
chọc lét
thọc lét

Noun

(classifier con) cù

humming top, spinning top

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