# wu
## English
### Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”).

### Noun

wu (plural wus or wu)
* (historical) A Chinese shaman.

### See also

* wu-ts'ai
* wu wei

### Anagrams

* UW

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wu/

### Pronoun

wu
* Alternative form of we (“1st person plural subject personal pronoun”)

#### See also
## East Central German
### Adverb

wu
* (Erzgebirgisch) where

#### Related terms

* wuhar
* wuhie

### References

* 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 29

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wu/

### Noun

wu m (uncountable)
* Wu (Sinitic language)

## Laboya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwuː]

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* wuna

#### Noun

wu
* fruit

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

wu
* hair

### References

* Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wu”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* wuë (Eupen, non-reduced form)

### Etymology

Reduced form of wuë.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋuː/
* Hyphenation: wu
* Rhymes: -uː

### Adverb

wu
* (Eupen) Reduced form of wuë (“where”)

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* hu (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u/

### Preposition

wu [with genitive]
* at; at the home, office, workshop, etc. of (compare German bei, French chez, Latin apud, etc.)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

wu
* Nonstandard spelling of wū.
* Nonstandard spelling of wú.
* Nonstandard spelling of wǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of wù.

#### 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.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German wo, Yiddish וווּ (vu), Dutch waar, English where.

### Adverb

wu
* (interrogative, relative) where
    Wu iss die Kuh?Where is the cow?
    Nau muss er sei Actions schtelle wu sei grosse Maul iss!Now he has to put his actions where his big mouth is!

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: wu

### Noun

wu n
* The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litera; a, ą, be, ce, cie, de, e, ę, ef, gie, ha, i, jot, ka, el, eł, em, en, eń, o, ó / o z kreską, pe, er, es, eś, te, u, wu, y / igrek, zet, ziet, żet

### Further reading

* wu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tocharian A

cardinal numbers :
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### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

### Numeral

wu m
* two

#### Related terms

* we

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Mandarin 五 (wǔ).

### Numeral

wu
* five

### References

* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

## Yola
### Pronoun

wu
* Alternative form of wough (“wee”)
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 5:Wu canna baar to gow aveel,We cannot bear to go abroad,
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,We cannot go to the Island fair,
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 13:Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,We cannot go to the chapel gate

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wù/

#### Verb

wù
* to please; to attract, appeal, desire
    Synonym: rè
    òṣùpá wù mí jọ̀sán; ẹni t'ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ wù mí jọ̀lẹ lọThe moon attracts me more than the afternoon, the person who works hard attracts me more than a lazy person
* to be attractive; to be appealing to someone's taste

##### Usage notes

* wu before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìwù
* èwù (possibly)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wù/

#### Verb

wù
* to grow; to sprout
* to decay, to rot; (literally) to grow or develop outgrowth because of rottenness
    igi máa ń wù, tó bá ti tutùWood decays if it is wet

##### Usage notes

* wu before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìwù

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wù/

#### Verb

wù
* to happen, appear, seem

##### Usage notes

* wu before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìwù

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wū/

#### Verb

wu
* to undergo danger; to be in danger

##### Derived terms

* ewu (“danger”)
* ìwù

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wú/

#### Verb

wú
* to swell up; to rise
    ojú egbò ó wúThe surface of the sore swelled up
* (idiomatic) to grow quickly
* (idiomatic) to embolden, to dignify; to ennoble (literally) to make one's soul (orí) swell

##### Derived terms

* ìwú
* wúnilórí

### Etymology 6
#### Alternative forms

* hú

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wú/

#### Verb

wú
* to unearth, uproot, dig up; to exhume
    ojú egbò ó wúThe surface of the sore swelled up
* (idiomatic) to grow quickly
* to cough
* to become or get puffed up

##### Derived terms

* ìwú
* wúkọ́ (“to cough”)
* wúre (“to pray”)

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wú/

#### Verb

wú
* to celebrate
    Synonym: yọ̀

##### Derived terms

* wúyè (“to celebrate; to be crowned”)
* ìwúyè (“coronation”)