"cu" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /kuː/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*kō<id:cow>|id=cow}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kō||cow|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”), {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*kō|t=cow}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|cȳ|head=cū}} cū f (nominative plural cȳ) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|cū|cȳ|cū|cȳ|cūe,cūs,cȳ|cūa,cūna|cȳ|cūm, cūum}} Forms: cū [canonical, feminine], cȳ [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cū [nominative, singular], cȳ [nominative, plural], cū [accusative, singular], cȳ [accusative, plural], cūe [genitive, singular], cūs [genitive, singular], cȳ [genitive, singular], cūa [genitive, plural], cūna [genitive, plural], cȳ [dative, singular], cūm [dative, plural], cūum [dative, plural]
  1. cow Derived forms: cūhierde, cūwearm
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cūm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cūum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "orig": "ang:Bovines",
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        {
          "word": "cūhierde"
        },
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          "english": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    }
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}
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    },
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    }
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "cūum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "args": {
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        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
          "translation": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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