keu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akebu.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akebu terms

• IPA^(key): /køː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: keu
• Rhymes: -øː

Borrowing from French queue (“tail, queue, cue”).

keu f or m (plural keuen or keus, diminutive keutje n)

1. cue (for playing billiards)

• biljartkeu
• poolkeu
• snookerkeu

From Middle Dutch code (“sow”).

keu f (plural keuen, diminutive keutje n)

1. (dialectal) sow

   Synonym: zeug

2. (dialectal) piglet

   Synonym: big

• → Munsee: kóoshkoosh
  • → Cree: kohkôs
  • → Ojibwe: gookoosh
• → Trió: kuusi
• → Unami: kwëshkwësh

Perhaps from Proto-Polynesian *teu (“tidy up, put in order, decorate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeu̯/, [ˈkɛw]

keu(stative)

1. remaining, spare, surplus, extra
2. extended, enhanced
3. excessive (usually followed with ā)

• keukeu

• keu in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

keu

1. Rōmaji transcription of けう

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