"cu" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See cu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian cū, čiú čiú, ćiuciũ, Latvian cu, ciũ, German zschu. Etymology templates: {{onomatopeic|sla-pro}} Onomatopoeic, {{cog|lt|cū}} Lithuanian cū, {{cog|lv|cu}} Latvian cu, {{cog|de|zschu}} German zschu Head templates: {{head|sla-pro|interjection}} *cu
  1. used to call out the dogs Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: cucьkъ (english: dog) [masculine]
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "цу-цу́",
            "3": "цю-цю́"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "цуцу́-цуцу́"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "цу̏ки",
            "der": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Cyrillic script: цу̏ки",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Cyrillic script: цу̏ки"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "cȕki",
            "der": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Latin script: cȕki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Latin script: cȕki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ciu",
            "3": "ciu-ciu",
            "4": "ciucia",
            "5": "a ciu",
            "6": "a cucu",
            "qq": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ciu, ciu-ciu, ciucia, a ciu, a cucu (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ciu, ciu-ciu, ciucia, a ciu, a cucu (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "tśu tśu"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: tśu tśu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: tśu tśu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "tśuko tśuko",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśuko tśuko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśuko tśuko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "ću ću"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: ću ću",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: ću ću"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian cū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "cu"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian cu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zschu"
      },
      "expansion": "German zschu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian cū, čiú čiú, ćiuciũ, Latvian cu, ciũ, German zschu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "*cu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cu",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "dog",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cucьkъ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to call out the dogs"
      ],
      "id": "en-cu-sla-pro-intj-6NqF0a0j",
      "links": [
        [
          "call out",
          "call out#English"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cucьkъ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "цу-цу́",
            "3": "цю-цю́"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "цуцу́-цуцу́"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "цу̏ки",
            "der": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Cyrillic script: цу̏ки",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Cyrillic script: цу̏ки"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "cȕki",
            "der": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Latin script: cȕki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Latin script: cȕki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "ciu",
            "3": "ciu-ciu",
            "4": "ciucia",
            "5": "a ciu",
            "6": "a cucu",
            "qq": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: ciu, ciu-ciu, ciucia, a ciu, a cucu (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: ciu, ciu-ciu, ciucia, a ciu, a cucu (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "tśu tśu"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: tśu tśu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: tśu tśu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "tśuko tśuko",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśuko tśuko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśuko tśuko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "ću ću"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: ću ću",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: ću ću"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian cū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "cu"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian cu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zschu"
      },
      "expansion": "German zschu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian cū, čiú čiú, ćiuciũ, Latvian cu, ciũ, German zschu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "*cu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cu",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic interjections",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
        "sla-pro:Sounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to call out the dogs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call out",
          "call out#English"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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