kū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː/

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.

Verb

kū

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

Derived terms

• helekū (“walk upright”, verb)
• hoʻokū (“establish”, verb)
• kūlana (“position”)
• kūʻokoʻa (“independent”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stew.

Noun

kū

1. stew

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.

Hokkien

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

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	kūd̦i
dative (datīv)	kūn	kūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kūkõks	kūdkõks
illative (illatīv)	kūzõ	kūži
inessive (inesīv)	kūsõ kūs	kūši
elative (elatīv)	kūstõ kūst	kūšti

Derived terms

• jōņpǟva kū
• kievādkū
• kīlmakū
• kīņd̦õļkū
• kȭļimkū
• lēd̦kū
• nūoŗkū
• sigžkū
• vīmkū
• vīļakū
• āinakū
• ūdāigast kū

See also

• Kū

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ku — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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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