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kuu

Pronunciation: /ˈkuː/

“kuu” is an Estonian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A large luminous celestial body seen from the Earth at night.
  2. A natural satellite of any planet.
  3. A period of 28 to 31 days, one twelfth of a year.
  4. Any period of about 30 days.
  5. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe. Cognates include Finnish kuu, Votic kuu, Livonian kū, Võro kuu, Ingrian kuu, Livvi kuu, Ludian kuu, Veps ku, ? Lule Sami guojijdit (“to rise (of the moon)”), kuojijtit, Erzya ков (kov), Moksha ков (kov), Northern Khanty хўв (hŭw), Hungarian hó, Hungarian hold, Nganasan кичез̌әә (kičežəə), Kamassian ки (ki) and Mator [script needed] (kistit),…

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