wu

Etymology

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

Noun

wu (plural wus)

1. (historical) A Chinese shaman or shamaness

Anagrams

• UW

Noun

wu m (uncountable)

1. Wu (Sinitic language)

Alternative forms

• hu (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Preposition

wu (with genitive)

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

Romanization

wu

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

Etymology

Compare German wo, Dutch waar, English where.

Adverb

wu

1. (interogative) where

   Wu iss die Kuh?

   Where is the cow?

Pronoun

wu

1. (relative) where

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/

Noun

wu n

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

See also

• (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

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

Numeral

wu m

1. (cardinal) two