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chú

chú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

Irish

Noun

chú

  1. Lenited form of .

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
chú gcú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mandarin

Romanization

chú (Zhuyin ㄔㄨˊ)

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuː/

Noun

chú

  1. Lenited form of .

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
chú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *cuːʔ

Pronunciation

Noun

chú

  1. paternal uncle, father's younger brother
  2. maternal uncle-in-law, mother's sister's husband
  3. used to address an older man, (presumably) much older than one but younger than their parents