# xu
## Translingual
### Symbol

xu
* x unit

## English
### Alternative forms

* su

### Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and sou.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suː/
* Rhymes: -uː

### Noun

xu (plural xu or (rare) xus)
* A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

### Anagrams

* & ux., UX

## Gothic
### Romanization

xu
* Romanization of 𐍇𐌿

## Gun
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe xwyá, Adja xú, Ayizo xu

#### Alternative forms

* hú (Nigeria)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xú/

#### Verb

xú (Benin)
* to dry

##### Derived terms

* Abɔ̀xúsùn (“November - the month of drying sorghum”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

#### Alternative forms

* hú, ohú (Nigeria)
* oxú

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xú/

#### Noun

xú (plural xú lɛ́) (Benin)
* bone

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu. Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

#### Alternative forms

* hù, ohù (Nigeria)
* oxù

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xù/

#### Noun

xù (plural xù lɛ́) (Benin)
* sea, ocean

## Mandarin
### Romanization

xu (xu$^5$ / xu$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓿
xu
* Nonstandard spelling of xū.
* Nonstandard spelling of xú.
* Nonstandard spelling of xǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of xù.

#### 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.

## Nǀuu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χu/

### Noun

xu
* face
    Xu he ǀxaqukathe face is beautiful.

### Particle

xu
* at the front part of something, at the face of something; be in front of.

### References

* Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.
* Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town

## Phalura
### Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xu/

### Particle

xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)
* but
* however
* although

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “xu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Unami
### Particle

xu
* future tense marker
    Làpi xu pè.He will come again.
    Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.Tomorrow I will make sapan.

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French sou.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [su˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [sʊw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [sʊw˧˧]

### Noun

xu
* xu (1/100 of a dong); cent; penny

#### Derived terms

* đồng xu

## White Hmong
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Looks possibly like a Chinese borrowing; some candidates include 違 (MC hjw+j, “to violate, be apart”), 錯 (MC tshuH|tshak, “mistake”), 虛 (MC xjo|khjo, “empty, hollow”).”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /su˧/

### Verb

xu
* to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

#### Derived terms

* xu siab (“undesirable”)

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.