-fu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fu"

English

Etymology

From kung-fu.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Homophone: foo

Suffix

-fu

(slang) Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.
‎Google + ‎-fu → ‎Google-fu

‎script + ‎-fu → ‎script-fu

My Google-fu is weak!

Aragorn uses Ranger-fu to figure out that Sam and Frodo have taken a boat.

Derived terms

Google-fu

Related terms

fu

Scots

Suffix

-fu

-ful (both senses)

Swahili

Alternative forms

(after a vowel) -vu

Suffix

-fu

suffix used to derive a noun or adjective, replacing the final -ka in the case of stative verbs
‎-angalia (“to observe”) + ‎-fu → ‎-angalifu (“observant”)

‎-tukuka (“to be exalted”) + ‎-fu → ‎utukufu (“glory”)

See also

Swahili terms suffixed with -fu

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