fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology 1

From fuck + you.

Interjection

fu

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you.

Etymology 2

• Abbreviation

Noun

fu (plural fus)

1. flux unit

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Noun

fu (plural fu)

1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Translations

Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賦／赋 (zh) (fù)

• Japanese: 賦 (ja) (ふ, fu)

Etymology 4

Noun

fu (uncountable)

1. (informal) kung fu
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315:

     But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

Etymology 5

Suffix

fu

1. Alternative spelling of -fu

   UNIX fu

References

• “fu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

1. pig

References

• Årsjö, Britten. Words in Ama. 1999.

Chinese

Etymology

From English feel. Possibly influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese feel (fiu¹).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fiou
    • Wade–Giles: fiu¹
    • Yale: fyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fiou
    • Palladius: фю (fju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

fu

1. (Taiwan, neologism) vibe; atmosphere

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu/^*, /ˈfu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: fù

Etymology 1

Adjective

fu (invariable)

1. deceased, late

   Synonym: defunto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fu

1. third-person singular past historic of essere

Further reading

fu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

fu

1. The hiragana syllable ふ (fu) or the katakana syllable フ (fu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu/

Classifier

fu

1. classifier for thin and flat objects, like a leaf

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuː/, [fuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu/, [fuː]

Interjection

fū

1. foh! fie! (expressing aversion)

Usage notes

Can take the dative

Related terms

• foe

Lithuanian

Interjection

fu

1. Clipping of fui.

References

• “fu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Mandarin

Romanization

fu

1. Nonstandard spelling of fū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nalik

Particle

fu

1. plural marker on some words

Coordinate terms

• mun (usual plural marker)

Further reading

• Craig Alan Volker, The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (1998), page 90

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• füünj (Mooring)
• fo (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to seize, grasp”). The semantic development in North Frisian may have been influenced by cognate Danish få. The retention of the Germanic stem alternation may also have been reinforced by it. Other cognates include West Frisian fange, Dutch vangen, German fangen (all “to catch”).

Verb

fu

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to get, receive, obtain

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	fu
infinitive II	(tu) fun
past participle	fingen
imperative singular	fu
imperative plural	fu’m
	present	past
1st singular	fu	fing
2nd singular	feest, feist	fingst
3rd singular	fee, feit	fing
plural	fu	fing
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa fingen	hed fingen
2nd singular	heest fingen	hedst fingen
3rd singular	hee fingen	hed fingen
plural	haa fingen	hed fingen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal fu	wal fu
2nd singular	skääl fu	wääl fu
3rd singular	skal fu	wal fu
plural	skel fu	wel fu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).

Noun

fu f (definite singular fua, indefinite plural fuer, definite plural fuene)

1. (anatomy, colloquial) ass

Related terms

• fitte

References

• “fu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Noun

fu oblique singular, m (oblique plural fus, nominative singular fus, nominative plural fu)

1. fire

Descendants

• Middle French: feu
  • French: feu

Old Irish

Preposition

fu

1. Alternative form of fo

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: fu

Interjection

fu

1. (colloquial, childish) yuck, ick (expression of disgust)

   Synonyms: fe, fuj, pfu, pfuj

2. (colloquial, childish) no, bad (reprimand of behavior)

   Synonyms: fe, fuj

Related terms

interjections

• fuj

 

Further reading

• fu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu]

Verb

fu

1. (informal) third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi

Synonyms

• fuse (formal)

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/
• Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

fu

1. third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.

Spanish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to English phooey!.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu/ [ˈfu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: fu

Interjection

fu

1. An indication of disgust
2. the hissing of a cat

Derived terms

• ni fu ni fa

 

Further reading

• “fu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Sranan Tongo

Preposition

fu

1. of, belonging to
2. from
3. about
4. for

Particle

fu

1. used for marking the following verb as an infinitive to
   • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎^[2], page 107:

     Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.

     Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?

2. in order to

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adjective

-fu (declinable)

1. dead

Declension

Inflected forms of -fu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mfu	wafu
m-mi class(III/IV)	mfu	mifu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	fu	mafu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kifu	vifu
n class(IX/X)	fu	fu
u class(XI)	mfu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pafu
ku class(XVII)	kufu
mu class(XVIII)	mufu

Derived terms

• mfu (“dead person”)
• ufu (“death”)

Related terms

• -fa

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

fu

1. from

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /viː/

Verb

fu

1. Soft mutation of bu.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bu	fu	mu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Noun

fu

1. (informal) feces

   Synonym: jarangahe (polite)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to the above etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸu/

Verb

fu

1. (intransitive) to explode

Conjugation

Conjugation of fu (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofu	mofu	afu
2nd person		nofu	fofu
3rd person	inanimate	ifu	dofu
	animate
imperative		nufu, fu	fufu, fu

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fū/

Verb

fu

1. to suspect, to have a second thought on a person, to be vigilant

   ará fu mí pe àṣírí ti tú ― I suspect that the secret is out

Usage notes

• Always occurs in construction with ara

Derived terms

• fura (“to suspect”)