# cú
## Ghomala'
### Verb

cú variant of shú?
* to grasp, to stop, to hold
    Tə́ pǒ cú é lə́? ― Did you stop him?
* to be deep
    Ghʉ̌ yə̌ŋ cú te'. ― This hole is very deep.
* to animate (music)
    Wâ gɔ cú nyə. ― They will animate the "nyə̀".

#### Derived terms

* cútə́ (“to tie in several lots”)

### See also

* kɔ́mtə́

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
* Gabriel Mba, Les extensions verbales en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVI.1 (1996-97)

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci, Breton ki), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

#### Noun

cú m or f (genitive singular cú or con, nominative plural cúnna or coin)
* hound, greyhound
    Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an cú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.
* (figuratively) hero, champion

##### Declension
###### Regular

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cú
cúnna
vocative
a chú
a chúnna
genitive
cú
cúnna
dative
cú
cúnna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cú
na cúnna
genitive
an chú
na gcúnna
dative
leis an gcú don chú
leis na cúnna :

###### Irregular

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cú
coin
vocative
a chú
a choin
genitive
con
con
dative
cú coin (archaic, dialectal)
coin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cú
na coin
genitive
an chon
na gcon
dative
leis an gcú leis an gcoin (archaic, dialectal) don chú don choin (archaic, dialectal)
leis na coin :

##### Derived terms

* broc-chú
* caor chon (“dogberry”)
* cú allaidh
* cú allta (“wolf”)
* cú cosanta (“watch-dog”)
* cú dobhráin (“otter”)
* cú faoil
* cú fola (“bloodhound”)
* cú rúiseach (“borzoi”)
* cú seilge (“hunting dog”)
* cuachma chon (“dog-whelk”)
* dobharchú
* faolchú
* fiacail chú (“dog's-tooth”)
* sailchuach chon (“dog violet”)
* teanga chon (“hound's-tongue”)
* torc-chú (“boar-hound”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cú
* The name of the Latin-script letter q/Q.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
* Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cú”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 204
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* cu — nonstandard

### Romanization

cú (cu$^2$, Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豠

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuː/

### Noun

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)
* dog, hound
** c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:Bui cu oca, no ditned in cu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.

#### Declension

* Genitive singular: con

#### Descendants

* Irish: cú
* Manx: coo
* Scottish Gaelic: cù

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuː/

### Noun

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)
* dog, hound
* wolf
    Synonym: macc tíre

#### Usage notes

* The nominative singular cú irregularly causes lenition when used to create male given names, such as Cú Chulainn.

#### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Derived terms

* conamail
* cúán
* Cú Chulainn
* doburchú

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: cú
** Irish: cú
** Manx: coo
** Scottish Gaelic: cù

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Portuguese
### Noun

cú m (plural cús)
* (hypercorrect) Misspelling of cu.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ku˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [kʊw˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kʊw˦˥]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ, of imitative origin. Compare Proto-Tai *ɡawꟲ (“owl”) (whence Thai เค้า (káo), Lao ເຄົ້າ (khao)), Chinese 鵂 (OC *qʰ(r)u), 鴞 (OC *[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw) (B-S).

#### Noun

(classifier con) cú • (鴝, 𫚱)
* an owl (bird)

##### See also

* hù; dù dì
* cú đêm
* cú lợn
* cú mèo
* cú muỗi
* cú vọ
* hôi như cú

#### Interjection

cú • (鴝, 𫚱)
* (onomatopoeia) hoot

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cú
* to knuckle one's head
    Synonyms: kí, cốc

### Etymology 3
#### Classifier

cú
* Used for a (usually quick) action.
    một cú điện thoại ― a phonecall

### Anagrams

* Úc