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Noun [English]

IPA: /kuː/ Forms: khus [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Egyptian. Head templates: {{en-noun}} khu (plural khus)
  1. In ancient Egyptian mythology, a part of the soul or spirit which left the body after death.
    Sense id: en-khu-en-noun-i3IxvRpV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 44 37 9 1 1 1 3 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1

Noun [Khasi]

IPA: /kʰuː/
Head templates: {{head|kha|n|g=m}} khu m
  1. crop, craw, stomach of an animal Tags: masculine Derived forms: at-khu
    Sense id: en-khu-kha-noun-ossg-omG Categories (other): Khasi entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 44 37 9 1 1 1 3 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1

Noun [Muong]

IPA: /kʰu¹/ Forms: khâu [alternative]
Etymology: Cognate with Vietnamese sâu. Etymology templates: {{cog|vi|sâu}} Vietnamese sâu Head templates: {{head|mtq|noun|head=|sc=Latn|sort=|tr=}} khu, {{mtq-noun}} khu
  1. (Mường Bi, zoology) caterpillar; grub (as pests) Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-khu-mtq-noun-l5aMeX~c Categories (other): Pages with entries, Muong entries with incorrect language header, Muong terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1 Disambiguation of Muong entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Muong terms with redundant script codes: 96 4 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Muong]

IPA: /kʰu¹/
Etymology: From Chinese 區 (MC khju), probably through Vietnamese khu. Etymology templates: {{bor|mtq|zh|-}} Chinese, {{ltc-l|區|id=1}} 區 (MC khju), {{bor|mtq|vi|khu}} Vietnamese khu Head templates: {{head|mtq|noun|head=|sc=Latn|sort=|tr=}} khu, {{mtq-noun}} khu
  1. area, zone
    Sense id: en-khu-mtq-noun-GFYQdr54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Tedim Chin]

Etymology: From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t. Etymology templates: {{inh|ctd|tbq-kuk-pro|*khuu}} Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, {{inh|ctd|sit-pro|*kəw-n/t}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t Head templates: {{head|ctd|noun}} khu
  1. smoke
    Sense id: en-khu-ctd-noun-BNWIy0G4 Categories (other): Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. steam
    Sense id: en-khu-ctd-noun-Px8pREwJ Categories (other): Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [xu˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʰʊw˧˧] [Huế], [xʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʰʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon), [xʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon), [kʰu˧˥] [Vinh]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 區. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|區}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|區}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 區 Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} khu, {{vi-noun}} khu
  1. district, area, zone
    Sense id: en-khu-vi-noun-6CTVqju-
  2. ward
    Sense id: en-khu-vi-noun-lrj1dseI Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese nouns classified by cái Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 37 63 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 27 61 12 Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cái: 32 50 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: khu phố, khu vực
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [xu˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʰʊw˧˧] [Huế], [xʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʰʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon), [xʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon), [kʰu˧˥] [Vinh] Forms: cái [classifier]
Etymology: Compare Chinese 尻 (OC *[k]ʰˤu) (B-S) (SV: khào). Etymology templates: {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{IPAfont|*􂀿k􂁀ʰˤu}} *[k]ʰˤu, {{och-l|尻|tr=*􂀿k􂁀ʰˤu}} 尻 (OC *[k]ʰˤu) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} khu, {{vi-noun|cls=cái}} (classifier cái) khu
  1. (North Central Vietnam) buttock, ass/arse Tags: Central, North, Vietnam
    Sense id: en-khu-vi-noun-xpHkP~fl Categories (other): Central Vietnamese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Egyptian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khu (plural khus)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 37 9 1 1 1 3 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 222:",
          "text": "The highest level of consciousness is with the Khu; this is what the Indians would call Atman.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:",
          "text": "Yes, the Khu was a light in your mind while you lived, but in death, it must return to heaven.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In ancient Egyptian mythology, a part of the soul or spirit which left the body after death."
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-en-noun-i3IxvRpV",
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "coup"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "coo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kha",
        "2": "n",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "khu m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khasi",
  "lang_code": "kha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khasi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 37 9 1 1 1 3 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "at-khu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crop, craw, stomach of an animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-kha-noun-ossg-omG",
      "links": [
        [
          "crop",
          "crop"
        ],
        [
          "craw",
          "craw"
        ],
        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "sâu"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese sâu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Vietnamese sâu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khâu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "mtq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Muong",
  "lang_code": "mtq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mtq",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "mtq:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 37 12 1 1 1 2 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Muong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Muong terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "caterpillar; grub (as pests)"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-mtq-noun-l5aMeX~c",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "caterpillar",
          "caterpillar"
        ],
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mường Bi, zoology) caterpillar; grub (as pests)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "區",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "區 (MC khju)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "vi",
        "3": "khu"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese khu",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Chinese 區 (MC khju), probably through Vietnamese khu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "mtq-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Muong",
  "lang_code": "mtq",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "area, zone"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-mtq-noun-GFYQdr54",
      "links": [
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "zone",
          "zone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ctd",
        "2": "tbq-kuk-pro",
        "3": "*khuu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ctd",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*kəw-n/t"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ctd",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tedim Chin",
  "lang_code": "ctd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "smoke"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-ctd-noun-BNWIy0G4",
      "links": [
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tedim Chin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "steam"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-ctd-noun-Px8pREwJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "steam",
          "steam"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "khu phố"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "khu vực"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "區"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "Sino-Vietnamese words"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "區"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 區",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 區.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "district, area, zone"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-vi-noun-6CTVqju-",
      "links": [
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "zone",
          "zone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Vietnamese words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 61 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 50 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by cái",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ward"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-vi-noun-lrj1dseI",
      "links": [
        [
          "ward",
          "ward"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xu˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰu˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Vinh"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*􂀿k􂁀ʰˤu"
      },
      "expansion": "*[k]ʰˤu",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "尻",
        "tr": "*􂀿k􂁀ʰˤu"
      },
      "expansion": "尻 (OC *[k]ʰˤu)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Chinese 尻 (OC *[k]ʰˤu) (B-S) (SV: khào).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cái",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "khu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cls": "cái"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cái) khu",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Vietnamese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "buttock, ass/arse"
      ],
      "id": "en-khu-vi-noun-xpHkP~fl",
      "links": [
        [
          "buttock",
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        ],
        [
          "ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "arse",
          "arse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Central Vietnam) buttock, ass/arse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "North",
        "Vietnam"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xu˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰu˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Vinh"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "khu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Egyptian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "khus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "khu (plural khus)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/uː",
        "Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 222:",
          "text": "The highest level of consciousness is with the Khu; this is what the Indians would call Atman.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:",
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        }
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        "(Mường Bi, zoology) caterpillar; grub (as pests)"
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      "ipa": "/kʰu¹/"
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        "smoke"
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      "glosses": [
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        "Hà-Nội"
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      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
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        "Huế"
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      "ipa": "[kʰʊw˧˧]",
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Mường Bi, zoology",
  "path": [
    "khu"
  ],
  "section": "Muong",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "khu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Mường Bi, zoology",
  "path": [
    "khu"
  ],
  "section": "Muong",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "khu",
  "trace": ""
}

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