цу

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Adyghe

Etymology 1

Letter

цу • (cʷu) (lower case, upper case Цу)

1. The forty-eighth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу

Etymology 2

Compare Kabardian вы (və).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʷə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

цу • (cʷu)

1. ox
2. bull (Animal)
3. buffalo

Declension

Declension of цу

case	singular	plural
indefinite	цуэ (cʷɛ)	цуэхэ (cʷɛxɛ)
nominative	цуэр (cʷɛr)	цуэхэр (cʷɛxɛr)
ergative	цуэм (cʷɛm)	цуэхэмэ (cʷɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental	цуэ(м)кӏэ (cʷɛ(m)kʼɛ)	цуэхэ(м)кӏэ (cʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive	цуыу (cʷəwu)	цухыу (cʷuxəwu)

Synonyms

• чъу (ćʷu) (Shapsug)

See also

• цужъ (cʷuẑ) (huge ox)

Hunzib

Etymology

Akin to Avar цӏум (cʼum).

Noun

цу • (cu)

1. eagle

Ossetian

Verb

цу • (cu)

1. second-person singular present active imperative of цӕуын (cæwyn)