xu

See also: Xu, xù, xú, xū, xǔ, xử, xứ, and ǃXũ

Translingual

Symbol

xu

1. x unit

English

Alternative forms

• su

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and sou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

xu (plural xu or (rare) xus)

1. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

Anagrams

• & ux., UX

Gothic

Romanization

xu

1. Romanization of 𐍇𐌿

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe xwyá, Adja xú, Ayizo xu

Alternative forms

• hú (Nigeria)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xú/

Verb

xú (Benin)

1. to dry

Derived terms

• Abɔ̀xúsùn (“November - the month of drying sorghum”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

Alternative forms

• hú, ohú (Nigeria)
• oxú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xú/

Noun

xú (plural xú lɛ́) (Benin)

1. bone

Etymology 3

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu. Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

Alternative forms

• hù, ohù (Nigeria)
• oxù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xù/

Noun

xù (plural xù lɛ́) (Benin)

1. sea, ocean

Mandarin

Romanization

xu (xu⁵ / xu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓿

xu

1. Nonstandard spelling of xū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of xǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xù.

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.

Nǀuu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χu/

Noun

xu

1. face

   Xu he ǀxaquka

   the face is beautiful.

Particle

xu

1. at the front part of something, at the face of something; be in front of.

References

1. 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.
2. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu/

Particle

xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)

1. but
2. however
3. although

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “xu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Unami

Particle

xu

1. future tense marker

   Làpi xu pè.

   He will come again.

   Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.

   Tomorrow I will make sapan.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French sou.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]

Noun

xu

1. xu (1/100 of a dong); cent; penny

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đồng xu

 

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su˧/

Verb

xu

1. to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

Derived terms

• xu siab (“undesirable”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.