"cu" meaning in Galician

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Noun

IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku] Forms: cus [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, from Latin cūlum (“ass”). Cognate with Portuguese cu and Spanish culo. Etymology templates: {{ety|gl|:inh|roa-opt:cuu|id=ass}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to cover", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kewH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kūlos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cūlus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Galician-Portuguese", "term" : "cuu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "roa-opt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Galician", "term" : "cu", "lang" : "gl" }" data-id="ass" data-lang="gl" data-title="cu" id="Galician:_ass">, {{inh|gl|roa-opt|cuu}} Old Galician-Portuguese cuu, {{inh|gl|la|cūlus|cūlum|t=ass}} Latin cūlum (“ass”), {{cog|pt|cu}} Portuguese cu, {{cog|es|culo}} Spanish culo Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} cu m (plural cus)
  1. (vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks Tags: masculine, vulgar Synonyms: nádegas, pandeiro, traseiro
    Sense id: en-cu-gl-noun-00Igjtst Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (vulgar, anatomy) anus Tags: masculine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-cu-gl-noun-c33RvKId Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. bottom of a vessel or bottle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cu-gl-noun-JpPoC0i3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a tomar polo cu, cheiracús, cu da agulla, cu de medo, cueiro, lamber o cu, ollo do cu, quen ten cu ten medo
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku] Forms: cus [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cu. Etymology templates: {{ety|gl|:bor|es:cu|id=letter|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "cu", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Galician", "term" : "cu", "lang" : "gl" }" data-id="letter" data-lang="gl" data-title="cu" id="Galician:_letter"> Borrowed from Spanish cu. Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} cu m (plural cus)
  1. (proscribed) The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Tags: masculine, proscribed Synonyms: que
    Sense id: en-cu-gl-noun-t2JtSdF5 Categories (other): Latin letter names, Pages with 30 entries, Pages with entries, Galician entries referencing missing etymons, Galician entries with etymology texts, Galician entries with etymon, Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with 30 entries: 1 2 1 0 3 0 7 2 3 0 11 2 2 2 2 9 10 11 0 1 5 4 13 1 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 1 0 16 1 1 1 1 10 12 9 0 1 5 5 16 1 5 0 Disambiguation of Galician entries referencing missing etymons: 17 18 4 61 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymology texts: 20 21 5 54 Disambiguation of Galician entries with etymon: 10 7 6 78 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 3 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 14 14 5 68 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 5 2 27 21 22 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Galician dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (e62056b and e7887d5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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