cư

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *kɨɨ, *kəw (“I, me”), from Austronesian.

Along with Khasian, which has *ŋa, Katuic is one of two Austroasiatic branches with 1st person pronoun of known foreign origin at proto-language level.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɯː]

Pronoun

cư

I, me

Affixed forms

acư ("to me")
ngcư ("mine")

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 居.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˧]

Verb

cư

(only in compounds) to dwell, to live

Derived terms

nhập cư (“to immigrate; immigrant”)

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