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English

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Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

  • Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

  1. (informal) kung fu
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:
      But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

Etymology 5

Suffix

fu

  1. Alternative spelling of -fu
    UNIX fu

References

  • “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

fu

  1. pig

References

  • Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Chinese

Etymology

From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu1).

Pronunciation

Noun

fu

  1. (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/*, /ˈfu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: fù

Etymology 1

Adjective

fu (invariable)

  1. deceased, late
    Synonym: defunto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fu

  1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Further reading

fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

fu

  1. The hiragana syllable ふ (fu) or the katakana syllable フ (fu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

Classifier

fu

  1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

fū

  1. foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

Usage notes

Can take the dative

Lithuanian

Interjection

fu

  1. Clipping of fui.

References

Mandarin

Romanization

fu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nalik

Particle

fu

  1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

  • mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

  • Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to seize, grasp”). The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish få. The retention of the Germanic stem alternation may also have been reinforced by it. Other cognates include West Frisian fange, Dutch vangen, German fangen (all “to catch”).

Verb

fu

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, receive, obtain

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
infinitive I fu
infinitive II (tu) fun
past participle fingen
imperative singular fu
imperative plural fu’m
  present past
1st singular fu fing
2nd singular feest, feist fingst
3rd singular fee, feit fing
plural fu fing
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular haa fingen hed fingen
2nd singular heest fingen hedst fingen
3rd singular hee fingen hed fingen
plural haa fingen hed fingen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skal fu wal fu
2nd singular skääl fu wääl fu
3rd singular skal fu wal fu
plural skel fu wel fu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

Noun

fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) ass

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

  1. fire

Descendants

  • Middle French: feu
    • French: feu

Old Irish

Preposition

fu

  1. Alternative form of fo

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

fu

  1. (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj, pfu, pfuj
  2. (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)
    Synonyms: fe, fuj
interjections

Further reading

  • fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/
  • Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

fu

  1. third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

Spanish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: fu

Interjection

fu

  1. an indication of disgust
  2. the hissing of a cat

Derived terms

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

  1. of, belonging to
  2. from
  3. about
  4. for

Particle

fu

  1. used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
    • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎[2], page 107:
      Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
      Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
  2. in order to

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

  1. dead

Declension

Inflected forms of -fu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mfu
m-mi class(III/IV) mfu mifu
ji-ma class(V/VI) fu mafu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kifu vifu
n class(IX/X) fu fu
u class(XI) mfu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pafu
ku class(XVII) kufu
mu class(XVIII) mufu

Derived terms

  • mfu (“dead person”)
  • ufu (“death”)

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Preposition

fu

  1. from

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. Soft mutation of bu.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bu
radical soft nasal aspirate
bu fu mu unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

fu

  1. (informal) feces
    Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to the above etymology.

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. (intransitive) to explode
Conjugation
Conjugation of fu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tofu mofu afu
2nd person nofu fofu
3rd person inanimate ifu dofu
animate
imperative nufu, fu fufu, fu

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Verb

fu

  1. to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant
    ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out

Usage notes

  • Always occurs in construction with ara

Derived terms

  • fura (“to suspect”)
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