"cu" meaning in Vietnamese

See cu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ku˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong təkuː¹. Compare Thai เขา (kǎo), Chinese 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u) (B-S), Burmese ခို (hkui), English coo. This is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use are câu, bồ câu, both with diphthongization. The form gâu (in chim gâu) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*t-kuː||dove}} Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”), {{cog|th|เขา}} Thai เขา (kǎo), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{IPAfont|*􂀿k􂁀(r)u}} *[k](r)u, {{och-l|鳩|tr=*􂀿k􂁀(r)u}} 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u), {{cog|my|ခို}} Burmese ခို (hkui), {{cog|en|coo}} English coo Head templates: {{head|vi|interjection|head=|tr=鴝}} cu • (鴝), {{vi-int|鴝}} cu • (鴝)
  1. (onomatopoeia) coo Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-cu-vi-intj-Y1DqxYT2 Categories (other): Vietnamese onomatopoeias, Pages with 30 entries, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese nouns classified by con, Animal sounds, Columbids, Male Disambiguation of Pages with 30 entries: 3 1 8 2 3 0 10 3 3 3 3 10 11 12 0 1 5 2 0 15 1 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 11 1 1 0 13 1 1 1 1 11 13 11 0 1 5 1 0 18 1 6 0 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 67 6 25 2 Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by con: 43 11 27 19 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 48 18 24 10 Disambiguation of Columbids: 51 29 15 5 Disambiguation of Male: 35 8 30 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ku˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: con [classifier], [CJK], cu cu [reduplication]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong təkuː¹. Compare Thai เขา (kǎo), Chinese 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u) (B-S), Burmese ခို (hkui), English coo. This is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use are câu, bồ câu, both with diphthongization. The form gâu (in chim gâu) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*t-kuː||dove}} Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”), {{cog|th|เขา}} Thai เขา (kǎo), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{IPAfont|*􂀿k􂁀(r)u}} *[k](r)u, {{och-l|鳩|tr=*􂀿k􂁀(r)u}} 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u), {{cog|my|ခို}} Burmese ခို (hkui), {{cog|en|coo}} English coo Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|<i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">phonemic reduplicative</i>|cu cu|head=|tr=鴝}} cu • (鴝) (phonemic reduplicative cu cu), {{vi-noun|鴝|cls=con|rdp=cu cu}} (classifier con) cu • (鴝) (phonemic reduplicative cu cu)
  1. dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones) Related terms: gầm ghì, cu đất, cu gáy
    Sense id: en-cu-vi-noun-RPEApGC4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ku˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: con [classifier]
Etymology: From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compare English cock, Chinese 屌 (diǎo), 鳥 /鸟 (“bird”), Cantonese 㞗, 鳩 /鸠 (“pigeon”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). Also see cò, chim. Etymology templates: {{ncog|en|cock}} English cock, {{ncog|zh|屌}} Chinese 屌 (diǎo), {{cog|yue|㞗}} Cantonese 㞗, {{cog|th|นกเขา||pigeon}} Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} cu, {{vi-noun|cls=con}} (classifier con) cu
  1. (anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick Tags: informal Related terms: chim, dái, cặc, buồi
    Sense id: en-cu-vi-noun-aRtmfTp0 Categories (other): Anatomy, Male Disambiguation of Male: 35 8 30 26 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ku˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [kʊw˧˧] [Huế], [kʊw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: From etymology 1. For semantic relationship, compare English cock, Chinese 屌 (diǎo), 鳥 /鸟 (“bird”), Cantonese 㞗, 鳩 /鸠 (“pigeon”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). Also see cò, chim. Etymology templates: {{ncog|en|cock}} English cock, {{ncog|zh|屌}} Chinese 屌 (diǎo), {{cog|yue|㞗}} Cantonese 㞗, {{cog|th|นกเขา||pigeon}} Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=俱}} cu • (俱), {{vi-noun|俱}} cu • (俱)
  1. (colloquial) boy Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-cu-vi-noun-zGp3hATq Categories (other): Male Disambiguation of Male: 35 8 30 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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          "dove",
          "dove"
        ],
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          "pigeon",
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        {
          "word": "gầm ghì"
        },
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          "word": "cu đất"
        },
        {
          "word": "cu gáy"
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      ]
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
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          "_dis": "43 11 27 19",
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        "(onomatopoeia) coo"
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      "ipa": "[ku˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        {
          "word": "cặc"
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          "word": "buồi"
        }
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        "Hà-Nội"
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      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
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        "Huế"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
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    }
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
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            ]
          ],
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        {
          "english": "Hey, Ti-boy!",
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        {
          "english": "Hey boy! Come here!",
          "text": "Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!",
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        "(colloquial) boy"
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        "Hà-Nội"
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      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}
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    "Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "鳩",
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      "name": "och-l"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ခို"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "coo"
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      "expansion": "English coo",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Vietic *t-kuː (“dove”); ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Kha Phong təkuː¹. Compare Thai เขา (kǎo), Chinese 鳩 (OC *[k](r)u) (B-S), Burmese ခို (hkui), English coo.\nThis is the form without both diphthongization and lenition. Also in common use are câu, bồ câu, both with diphthongization. The form gâu (in chim gâu) with both diphthongization and lenition is also attested.",
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      "form": "con",
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      "form": "鴝",
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      "form": "cu cu",
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        "rdp": "cu cu"
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      "word": "gầm ghì"
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      "word": "cu đất"
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      "word": "cu gáy"
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        "dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)"
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      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
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  "word": "cu"
}

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        "1": "鴝"
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        "coo"
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        "(onomatopoeia) coo"
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        "onomatopoeic"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ku˧˧]",
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "屌"
      },
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      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "㞗"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "cls": "con"
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      "expansion": "(classifier con) cu",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "chim"
    },
    {
      "word": "dái"
    },
    {
      "word": "cặc"
    },
    {
      "word": "buồi"
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese informal terms",
        "vi:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penis; cock; prick"
      ],
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          "penis",
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        [
          "cock",
          "cock"
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          "prick",
          "prick"
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        "(anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ku˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
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  "word": "cu"
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    {
      "form": "俱",
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        "CJK"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "cu • (俱)",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
        "1": "俱"
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese colloquialisms",
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's one mischievous boy.",
          "text": "Thằng cu đó quậy thật.",
          "translation": "He's one mischievous boy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hey, Ti-boy!",
          "text": "Cu Tí ơi!",
          "translation": "Hey, Ti-boy!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hey boy! Come here!",
          "text": "Ê cu! Lại đây biểu!",
          "translation": "Hey boy! Come here!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy"
      ],
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        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) boy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ku˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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