hu

hu

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Translingual

Symbol

hu

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

English

Etymology

Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: hue, huh

Pronoun

hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene, nonstandard)

  1. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
  3. (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

Hyponyms

  • (as subject): he, she
  • (as object): him, her

Derived terms

  • huself

See also

  • other attested gender-neutral pronouns

References

Anagrams

  • uh

Abau

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu/

Noun

hu

  1. water

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Acehnese

Etymology

Possible Austroasiatic origin. Compare with Bahnar huur

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /hu/

Verb

hu

  1. to light up or burn
  2. (figurative) to feel your heart burning; as in due to anger or eating something spicy.

Ainu

Verb

hu (Kana spelling フ)

  1. to be raw, uncooked

Conjugation

References

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎[9], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 133, available online here

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: L

Verb

hu

  1. to see
  2. to discern, to descry, to find

References

  • Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “hũ”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎[10], Basel, pages 192–193

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • Gheg: hû
    • indef. sg. huni
    • def. pl. hûj

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skuna < *skuja + *-na, from Proto-Indo-European *skuy-os < *skwey-.

Compare Norwegian/Faroese skon (“snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewd-. More at hedh.

Noun

hu m (plural hunj, definite huri, definite plural hunjtë)

  1. wooden post, fencepost
  2. stake, picket
  3. pole, stilt
  4. (colloquial) penis

Related terms

  • hundë

References

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English who.

Pronoun

hu

  1. (interrogative) who

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w/

Letter

hu (upper case Hu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Cognates include Javanese aku and Indonesian aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu/

Pronoun

hu

  1. I

Usage notes

  • hu is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while yoʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.

See also

References

  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎[11], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu/

Noun

hu

  1. Alternative form of bhu

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hugr, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuˀ]

Noun

hu c (singular definite huen, not used in plural form)

  1. inclination, sympathy
  2. mind
Derived terms
  • hukommelse
  • husvale
  • ihukomme
  • komme i hu

References

“hu,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuˀ]

Verb

hu

  1. imperative of hue

Etymology 3

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuː]

Interjection

hu

  1. An expression of eeriness, horror or a very strong emotion

References

“hu,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hu]
  • Hyphenation: hu

Interjection

hu

  1. oh, ooh, oof, wow (indicating surprise or another strong emotion)

See also

  • ho
  • ŭaŭ

German

Interjection

hu

  1. an expression of fear or horror
  2. an expression of disgust or revulsion
  3. an exclamation expressing a sudden feeling of cold

Further reading

  • “hu” in Duden online
  • “hu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhu]
  • Rhymes: -hu

Interjection

hu

  1. boo (a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child)
  2. ah, oh (use to express fright)
    Hu, de megijedtem! ― Ah, you startled me!
  3. ugh (used to express repugnance, disgust)
  4. hoot (cry of an owl; see huhog)

Further reading

  • (frightening someone or expressing horror): hu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (imitating a dog): hu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

hu

  1. The katakana syllable ホゥ (hu) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

hu (with genitive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of wu.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic هُوَ (huwa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/ (between consonants)
  • IPA(key): /w/ (before or after a vowel)
  • IPA(key): /uː/ (when strongly stressed)
  • Homophone: u

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative form of huwa

Inflection

Mandarin

Romanization

hu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of hù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Determiner

hu

  1. Alternative spelling of u

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi

Middle English

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • hun

Pronoun

hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)

  1. (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hon.

Pronoun

hu

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of ho (“she”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hú, originally onomatopoeic.

Interjection

hu

  1. Used to express discomfort.
  2. boo hoo
  3. hoot

References

  • “hu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hwu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuː/, [huː]

Adverb

hū

  1. how, in all senses, including:
    1. to what degree
      • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
    2. in what manner
    3. in what state
  2. used in exclamations
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
  3. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

Descendants

  • Middle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu
    • English: how
    • Geordie English: hoo
    • Scots: hoo, how, foo
    • Yola: fowe, how

Conjunction

hū

  1. how, in all senses:
    1. in what manner
    2. that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)

Descendants

  • Middle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu
    • English: how
    • Geordie English: hoo
    • Scots: hoo, how, foo
    • Yola: fowe, how

Old French

Alternative forms

  • heu
  • hue
  • hui
  • huy

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hy/

Interjection

hu

  1. a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something

Noun

hu oblique singular, m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)

  1. commotion; racket (noisy situation)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (hu)
  • hu on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huː/

Adverb

hu

  1. how

Conjunction

hu

  1. how

Synonyms

  • hwo

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

hu

  1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

Sumerian

Romanization

hu

  1. Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)

White Hmong

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Chinese 呼 (“to exhale; to shout, call”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu˧/

Verb

hu

  1. to call
    Hu kuv. ― Call me.

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[12], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

Yanomamö

Noun

hu

  1. nose

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎[13] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t. Cognates include Chinese 荤 (hūn) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu˧/

Noun

hu

  1. steam

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

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