acu

See also: ACU and ac'u

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish occo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈakə/, /ˈaku/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈku/[1]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑkəbˠ/ (as if spelled acab)[2]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈakəbˠ/ (as if spelled acab); /ˈapˠək/ (rare; by metathesis; see de Bhaldraithe § 298)[3]

Pronoun

acu (emphatic acusan)

  1. third-person plural of ag
    Tá madra acu. ― They have a dog. (literally, “A dog is at them.”)

References
  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 94.
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 194.
  3. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.

Further reading
  • "acu" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “acu” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “acu” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Noun

acū

  1. ablative singular of acus

References
  • acu in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

Noun

acu f

  1. genitive plural form of acs

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

acu

  1. dog (animal)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin eccum-(modo). Informal variant of acum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ aˈku ]

Adverb

acu

  1. now; at present
    Synonyms: acum, acuma, amu

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ăčaj.

Noun

acu (definite accusative acuyu, plural acular)

  1. (dialectal) uncle

Declension
Inflection
Nominative acu
Definite accusative acuyu
Singular Plural
Nominative acu acular
Definite accusative acuyu acuları
Dative acuya aculara
Locative acuda acularda
Ablative acudan aculardan
Genitive acunun acuların
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