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acu
acu
Irish
Alternative forms
- aca (superseded)
Pronoun
acu (emphatic acusan)
- third-person plural of ag
- Tá madra acu.
- They have a dog (literally, “A dog is at them”).
- Tá madra acu.
References
- "acu" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, 194.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
- M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 94.
Latin
Noun
acū
- 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
Manggarai
Etymology
From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
Noun
acu
- dog (animal)