kyu

See also: kyû, kyū, and kyū-

Translingual

Symbol

kyu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Western Kayah.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Western Kayah terms

English

Etymology

From Japanese 級 (kyū).

Noun

kyu (plural kyus)

1. A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.

Anagrams

• yuk

Japanese

Romanization

kyu

1. The hiragana syllable きゅ (kyu) or the katakana syllable キュ (kyu) in Hepburn romanization.

Nǀuu

Picture dictionary

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nǀaaǁaba

tsʼaxam

kyu

nǀukyu

kyu

gǃan

gǁâisi

nǂûi

ǂquu

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Alternative forms

• cu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲu/, /cu/

Noun

kyu

1. mouth
2. lips

Synonyms

• tu (Nǁng)
  • tuŋǝn (Nǁng, plural)

References

• Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary
• Shah, Sheena, and Matthias Brenzinger. Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town. 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17432.
• Shah, Sheena, and Matthias Brenzinger. “Writing for Speaking: The Nǀuu Orthography.” Chapter. In Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages, edited by Mari C. Jones and Damien Mooney, 109–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 20

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English cue, the English name of the letter Q/q.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkju/ [ˈkju]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: kyu

Noun

kyu (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter Q/q, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) cu

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

• “kyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018