# PU
## Translingual
### Symbol

PU
* (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands from 1974 to 1986.
    Synonym: PUS (alpha-3)

#### Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of UM, the code for the United States Minor Outlying Islands.

## English
### Alternative forms

* P.U., P. U.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

PU
* (India) Initialism of Punjab.

### Noun

PU (countable and uncountable, plural PUs)
* (computing) Initialism of processing unit.
* (linguistics) Initialism of prosodic unit. (IU for intonation unit is preferred)
* (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyurethane.
* Initialism of power unit.
* Initialism of penalty unit.
* (Internet slang) Initialism of pickup. (as in pickup artist)
* (broadcasting) Initialism of pickup.

#### Hyponyms

* CPU
* GPU
* NPU
* PPU
* SPU
* TPU
* VPU
* DSP
* FPGA
* SPE

### Interjection

PU
* (slang) Alternative form of P U; expression used when encountering a displeasing smell; exaggerated pronunciation of pew.
** 1994 February 28, zombie, “Future Images”, in rec.arts.comics.misc‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:IMO, this stinks. PU.
** 1997 February 19, K.A.J., “PU, whats that smell......”, in rec.equestrian‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:
** 1999 April 7, Thomas Mac Donald, “99 Interior Smell - PU”, in rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:
** 2000 March 19, thunde...@webtv.net, “PU WHO CUT THE FRIKIN CHEESE?”, in alt.cheese‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:THIS NEWSGROUP STINKS PU
** 2000 February 22, Karl Reinhardt, “How to spell???”, in alt.usage.english‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:Phew can mean you are exhausted, hot, and other things which leave you overwhelmed. Pew is a bench you sit on in church. PU means that something stinks. I feel no connection between these words. While Phew *may* mean "what a stink", PU can mean *only* "what a stink". By the way, PU has been around at least since was a young kid 60 years ago.
** 2000 October 7, Samuel Sands, “Truck”, in atl.arno‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:PU? As in Stinks? :^) Sam (Pee Euw) Sands

### See also

* (polyurethane): ePTFE

### References

* PU on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* U.P., UP, up, up-

## Indonesian
### Noun

PU
* Initialism of pekerjaan umum (“public works”).

## Japanese
### Etymology

Abbreviation derived from the original English spelling of pick up.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʲik̚kɯ̟a̠p̚pɯ̟]

### Noun

PU(ピックアップ) • (pikkuappu)
* (chiefly video games) Alternative spelling of ピックアップ (pikku-appu)

### Verb

PU(ピックアップ)する • (pikkuappu suru) suru (stem PU(ピックアップ)し (pikkuappu shi), past PU(ピックアップ)した (pikkuappu shita))
* (chiefly video games) Alternative spelling of ピックアップする (pikku-appu suru)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | PUし | ピックアップし | pikkuappu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | PUし | ピックアップし | pikkuappu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | PUする | ピックアップする | pikkuappu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | PUする | ピックアップする | pikkuappu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | PUすれ | ピックアップすれ | pikkuappu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | PUせよ¹ PUしろ² | ピックアップせよ¹ ピックアップしろ² | pikkuappu seyo¹ pikkuappu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | PUされる | ピックアップされる | pikkuappu sareru |
| Causative | PUさせる PUさす | ピックアップさせる ピックアップさす | pikkuappu saseru pikkuappu sasu |
| Potential | PUできる | ピックアップできる | pikkuappu dekiru |
| Volitional | PUしよう | ピックアップしよう | pikkuappu shiyō |
| Negative | PUしない | ピックアップしない | pikkuappu shinai |
| Negative continuative | PUせず | ピックアップせず | pikkuappu sezu |
| Formal | PUします | ピックアップします | pikkuappu shimasu |
| Perfective | PUした | ピックアップした | pikkuappu shita |
| Conjunctive | PUして | ピックアップして | pikkuappu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | PUすれば | ピックアップすれば | pikkuappu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Spanish
### Proper noun

PU m
* Abbreviation of Puebla. (Mexican state)