-fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology

Back-formation from kung fu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: foo

Suffix

-fu

1. (slang) Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.

   ‎Google + ‎-fu → ‎Google-fu

   ‎script + ‎-fu → ‎script-fu

   My Google-fu is weak!

   Aragorn uses Ranger-fu to figure out that Sam and Frodo have taken a boat.

Derived terms

• Google-fu

Related terms

• fu

Scots

Suffix

-fu

1. -ful (both senses)

Swahili

Alternative forms

• (after a vowel) -vu

Suffix

-fu

1. suffix used to derive a noun or adjective, replacing the final -ka in the case of stative verbs

   ‎-angalia (“to observe”) + ‎-fu → ‎-angalifu (“observant”)

   ‎-tukuka (“to be exalted”) + ‎-fu → ‎utukufu (“glory”)

See also

Swahili terms suffixed with -fu