# acu
## Translingual
### Symbol

acu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Shiwiar.

## Ambonese Malay
### Verb

acu
* care, be bothered
* to stab, skewer

### Noun

acu
* kind of tool to spear fish

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay acu, from Tamil அச்சு (accu, “mould, printing”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈat͡ʃu/ [ˈa.t͡ʃu]
* Rhymes: -at͡ʃu
* Syllabification: a‧cu

#### Noun

acu (plural acu-acu)
* (obsolete) mould

##### Derived terms

* acuan
* mengacu
* mengacu-acu
* mengacukan
* pengacuan

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

acu (plural acu-acu)
* Nonstandard spelling of aki (“battery; accumulator”).

### Further reading

* “acu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* aca (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish occo.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /(ə)ˈku/; /əˈkɑ/ (corresponding to the form aca)
* (Galway) IPA: /ˈakəbˠ/ (as if spelled acab), (Aran) [ˈɑkəbˠ], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈaːkəbˠ]; (Cois Fharraige) /ˈapˠək/, [ˈaːpˠək] (rare; by metathesis)
* (Mayo) IPA: /ˈakuː/, /ˈukuː/, /ˈokuː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɔku/, /ˈoku/

### Pronoun

acu (emphatic acusan)
* third-person plural of ag
    Tá madra acu. ― They have a dog. (literally, “A dog is at them.”)

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 107, page 94
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 66, page 15
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 262, page 134
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
* 1 2 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 298, page 141
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 571, pages 202–3
* ↑ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 505, page 196; reprinted 1979

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acu”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acu”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “acu”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Kabyle
### Adverb

acu
* what (interrogative)

## Latin
### Noun

acū
* ablative singular of acus

### References

* acu in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Latvian
### Noun

acu f
* genitive plural of acs

## Manggarai
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

acu
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum modo. Informal variant of acum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ aˈku ]

### Adverb

acu
* now; at present
    Synonyms: acum, acuma, amu

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ăčaj.

### Noun

acu (definite accusative acuyu, plural acular)
* (dialectal) uncle

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
acu
acular
definite accusative
acuyu
acuları
dative
acuya
aculara
locative
acuda
acularda
ablative
acudan
aculardan
genitive
acunun
acuların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
acum
acularım
2nd singular
acun
acuların
3rd singular
acusu
acuları
1st plural
acumuz
acularımız
2nd plural
acunuz
acularınız
3rd plural
acuları
acuları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
acumu
acularımı
2nd singular
acunu
acularını
3rd singular
acusunu
acularını
1st plural
acumuzu
acularımızı
2nd plural
acunuzu
acularınızı
3rd plural
acularını
acularını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
acuma
acularıma
2nd singular
acuna
acularına
3rd singular
acusuna
acularına
1st plural
acumuza
acularımıza
2nd plural
acunuza
acularınıza
3rd plural
acularına
acularına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
acumda
acularımda
2nd singular
acunda
acularında
3rd singular
acusunda
acularında
1st plural
acumuzda
acularımızda
2nd plural
acunuzda
acularınızda
3rd plural
acularında
acularında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
acumdan
acularımdan
2nd singular
acundan
acularından
3rd singular
acusundan
acularından
1st plural
acumuzdan
acularımızdan
2nd plural
acunuzdan
acularınızdan
3rd plural
acularından
acularından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
acumun
acularımın
2nd singular
acunun
acularının
3rd singular
acusunun
acularının
1st plural
acumuzun
acularımızın
2nd plural
acunuzun
acularınızın
3rd plural
acularının
acularının :