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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "cu"}}
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==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|1}}

==Allentiac==

===Pronoun===
{{head|sai-all|pronoun}}

# [[I]], {{n-g|first-person singular}}

===References===
* ''Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians'' (1913)
* Willem F. H. Adelaar, ''The Languages of the Andes'' (2004), citing Luis de Valdiva's work

==Aromanian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rup|la|cum}}. Compare {{cog|ro|cu}}.

===Preposition===
{{head|rup|preposition}}

# [[with]]

==Asturian==

===Pronunciation===
{{ast-IPA}}

===Preposition===
{{head|ast|preposition}}

# {{lb|ast|Cabrales}} {{alternative form of|ast|con}}

===Interjection===
{{head|ast|interjection}}

# {{n-g|Interjection used repeatly to call those hiding in hide and seek}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ast|pronoun}}

# {{lb|ast|Somiedo, Armellada de Órbigo}} {{alternative form of|ast|que}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|u}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|f}}

# {{Latn-def|ca|name|Q|q}}

==Central Mazahua==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|maz|/kʷ/}}

===Letter===
{{head|maz|letter|upper case|Cu}}
# {{ng|A letter of the [[Mazahua]] alphabet.}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/maz}}

==Chinese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|zh|咕|tr=-}}

===Etymology===
{{yue-etym-clip-en|'''cu'''shion}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=ku1
|cat=n
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|billiards|snooker|pool}} [[cushion]] {{gl|lip around the table}}
#: {{zh-co|撞 c{k}u{u1}||C-HK}}

==French==

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{alternative spelling of|fr|ku}}

==Galician==

===Pronunciation===
{{gl-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|cuu}}, from {{inh|gl|la|cūlus|cūlum|t=ass}}. Cognate with {{cog|pt|cu}}.

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{lb|gl|vulgar|anatomy}} [[ass]], [[arse]], [[booty]], [[rear]], [[behind]], [[butt]], [[buttock]]s
#: {{syn|gl|nádegas|pandeiro|traseiro}}
# {{lb|gl|vulgar|anatomy}} [[anus]]
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=1409|editor=J. L. Pensado Tomé|title=Tratado de Albeitaria|location=Santiago de Compostela|publisher=Centro Ramón Piñeiro|page=93
|passage=''faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no '''cuu''' do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o '''Cuu''' con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon''
|translation=prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the '''anus''' of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the '''anus''' with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out}}
# [[bottom]] of a [[vessel]] or [[bottle]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|gl|a tomar polo cu
|cu da agulla
|cu de medo
|cueiro
|ollo do cu
|lamber o cu}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|gl|misspelling|g=m}}

# {{sense|name of the letter ''q''}} {{misspelling of|gl|que}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM|cuu}}
* {{R:gl:CX|cuu}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|it|la|kū|pos=''the name of the letter'' {{m|la|Q}}}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|mf|#}}

# {{Latn-def|it|name|Q|q}}; [[cue]]

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/it}}

==Lower Sorbian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|dsb|com}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|[t͡su]}}

===Verb===
{{head|dsb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|dsb|kśěś||1|s|pres}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|cū}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|cú}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|cǔ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|cù}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun|plural|ky}}

# {{alt sp|enm|cou}}

==Middle Irish==

===Noun===
{{mga-noun|m}}

# {{alt sp|mga|cú}}

==Millcayac==

===Pronoun===
{{head|sai-mil|pronoun}}

# [[I]], {{n-g|first-person singular}}

===References===
* ''Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians'' (1913)

==Neapolitan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nap|la|cum|t=with}}.

===Preposition===
{{head|nap|preposition}}

# [[with]]

==Occitan==

===Noun===
{{oc-noun|f}}

# [[cue]] {{gloss|the letter q, Q}}

{{topics|oc|Latin letter names}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|ang|inh|gmw-pro>*kō>cow|id=cow}}
{{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*kō|t=cow}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|cū}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|f|head=cū|cȳ}}

# [[cow]]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=m2hVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA300 "Of Saint James the Apostle"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Ān '''cū''' wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.|A '''cow''' was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.}}

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun|cū|cȳ|cū|cȳ|cūe,cūs,cȳ|cūa,cūna|cȳ|cūm, cūum}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|cūhierde}}
* {{l|ang|cūwearm}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|cou}}

{{cln|ang|irregular nouns}}
{{topics|ang|Bovines}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|pt|inh|roa-opt>cuu>arse|id=arse}}
{{inh+|pt|roa-opt|cuu|t=ass}}, from {{inh|pt|la|culus|cūlum}}. Compare {{cog|gl|cu}}, {{cog|es,it|culo}}, {{cog|fr|cul}}, and {{cog|ro|cur}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{audio|pt|LL-Q5146 (por)-Santamarcanda-cu.wav|a=Portugal}}
* {{rhymes|pt|u|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}} {{tlb|pt|vulgar}}

# [[buttock]]s; [[arse]], [[ass]], [[butt]], [[bum]]
#: {{syn|pt|Thesaurus:nádegas}}
# [[anus]]; [[butthole]]
#: {{syn|pt|Thesaurus:ânus}}
# {{lb|pt|Brazil}} anything or anyone [[annoying]], [[boring]] or somewhat bad
#: {{syn|pt|cuzão}}
#: {{uxi|pt|Essa música é um '''cu'''|This song is '''ass'''}}

====Usage notes====
* In Brazil, the term refers strictly to the anus, not being used for to the buttocks.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pt
|cu azul
|cu de Judas
|cu de sono
|cuceta
|cueiro
|cunheta
|cuzinho
|cuzudo
|cuzão
|dar o cu
|olho do cu
|um cu
|ir ao cu
|levar no cu
|tomar no cu}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|pt|culote}}

{{C|pt|Body parts}}

==Romagnol==

===Noun===
{{rgn-noun|mf|~}}

# {{Latn-def|rgn|name|Q|q}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/rgn}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ro|la|cum}}, from {{inh|ro|itc-pro|*kom}}, from {{inh|ro|ine-pro|*ḱóm||next to, at, with, along}}. Cognate with {{cog|scn|cu}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/ku/}}
* {{rhymes|ro|u|s=1}}
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-cu.wav}}

===Preposition===
{{ro-prep|a}}

# [[with]]
#: {{ux|ro|Vreau să vin '''cu''' tine.|I want to come '''with''' you.}}
# [[with]] {{gloss|in the instrumental sense}}
#: {{ux|ro|Vin '''cu''' bicicleta.|I come '''by''' bicycle.}}
#: {{ux|ro|Lovesc o oglindă '''cu''' ciocanul.|I hit a mirror '''with''' the hammer.}}

====Usage notes====
{{m|ro||Cu}} is the only preposition (other than very specific uses of {{m|ro|pe}} and {{m|ro|la}}) that can be followed by an articulated noun without any modifier (an adjective or a possessive or demonstrative pronoun, primarily).

===References===
* {{R:DEX}}

==Romansch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|rm|che||Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan}}
* {{alt|rm|ca||Sutsilvan}}
* {{alt|rm|tgi||Surmiran}}
* {{alt|rm|co||Vallader}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rm|la|quod}}.

===Conjunction===
{{head|rm|conjunction}}

# {{lb|rm|Puter}} [[than]]

==Sicilian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|scn|la|cum}}. Compare {{cog|it|con}}, {{cog|nap|cu}}, {{cog|ro|cu}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|scn|/ku/}} {{qual|Stressed}}
* {{IPA|scn|/ku/}} {{qual|Unstressed}}
* {{rhymes|scn|cu}}
* {{hyphenation|scn|cu}}

====Preposition====
{{head|scn|preposition}}

# [[with]]

=====Usage notes=====
* When followed by a definite article, ''cu'' combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
: {| class="wikitable"
|-
! ''cu'' + article
! Combined form
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|u}}
| {{l|scn|cû}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|lu}}
| {{l|scn|cu lu}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|a}}
| {{l|scn|câ}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|la}}
| {{l|scn|cu la}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|i}}
| {{l|scn|chî}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|li}}
| {{l|scn|cu li}}
|-
| cu + {{l|scn|l'}}
| {{l|scn|cu l'}}
|-
|}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel4
|scn|
|a|nfra|ntra|'n|di|supra|ncapu|pi|nni|nna|nne|ncoḍḍu
}}

===Etymology 2===
From an inflection of {{der|scn|la|quis}}. Akin to {{m|scn|chi}} and {{m|scn|ca}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|scn|pronoun}}

# [[who]]
# [[that]]

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:letter q es es.flac>}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|f|+|pl2=cúes}}

# Name of the letter {{m|es|q}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Latin letter names}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|cu}}, the Spanish name of the letter {{m|es|Q}}/{{m|es|q}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|hmp=Coo,Cu,Khoo}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}} {{tlb|tl|historical}}

# {{tl-letter name|Q|q|alph=abec}}
#: {{syn|tl|kyu|q1=in the Filipino alphabet}}

==Tarantino==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|roa-tar|la|cum}}.

===Preposition===
{{head|roa-tar|preposition}}

# [[with]]

==Turkish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/dʒʊ/}}

===Interjection===
{{head|tr|intj}}

# {{lb|tr|chiefly|Internet|humorous}} An interjection designed to rhyme with "''ananın amcuğu''" (especially used to trick a person into asking the meaning).
#: ''"'''Cu''''da bomba patlamış, duydun mu?" "'''Cu''' neresi?" "ANANIN AMCUĞUUUUU"''

==Vietnamese==
{{wikipedia|lang=vi}}

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*t-kuː||[[dove]]}}; ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong ''təkuː¹''. Compare {{cog|th|เขา}}, {{cog|zh|-}} {{och-l|鳩|tr={{IPAfont|*[k](r)u}}}} (B-S), {{cog|my|ခို}}, {{cog|en|coo}}. 

This is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use are {{m|vi|câu}}, {{m|vi|bồ câu}}, both with diphthongization. The form {{m|vi|gâu}} (in {{m|vi|chim gâu}}) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=con|鴝}}

# [[dove]]; [[pigeon]] {{q|especially the wild ones}}
#: {{syn|vi|cu cu}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|vi|gầm ghì}}
{{vi-der|cu gáy|cu đất}}

====Interjection====
{{vi-int|鴝}}

# {{lb|vi|onomatopoeia}} [[coo]]

===Etymology 2===
From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compare {{ncog|en|cock}}, {{ncog|zh|屌}}, {{l|zh|鳥||bird}}, {{cog|yue|㞗}}, {{l|yue|鳩||pigeon}}, {{cog|th|นกเขา||pigeon}}. Also see {{m|vi|cò}}, {{m|vi|chim}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=con}}

# {{lb|vi|anatomy|informal}} [[penis]]; [[cock]]; [[prick]]

=====See also=====
* {{l|vi|chim}}; {{l|vi|dái}}; {{l|vi|cặc}}; {{l|vi|buồi}}

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|俱}}

# {{lb|vi|colloquial}} [[boy]]
#: {{ux|vi|Thằng '''cu''' đó quậy thật.|He's one mischievous boy.}}
#: {{ux|vi|Cu Tí ơi!|Hey, Ti-boy!}}
#: {{ux|vi|Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!|Hey boy! Come here!}}

{{topics|vi|Animal sounds|Male|Columbids}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cy|wlm|ku}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kʉβ̃}} (compare {{cog|br|kuñv}}), from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*koimos|t=dear, nice}} (compare {{cog|sga|cóem}}), from {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*ḱóymos|t=of the home, belonging to the family}} (compare {{cog|en|home}}, {{cog|lt|káimas|t=village, countryside}}, {{cog|sa|क्षेम|tr=kṣéma||basis, foundation}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/kɨː/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/kiː/|a=cy-S}}
* {{hmp|cy|ci}} {{qualifier|South Wales only}}

===Adjective===
{{cy-adj|ach}}

# [[dear]], [[beloved]]
#: {{syn|cy|annwyl|hoff}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|mamgu}}
* {{l|cy|tadcu}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}