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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

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.
    • 2002 January 3, Bryan T. McMahon, quoting Sasha Newborn, “A terrible book”, in The Ponchatoula Times‎, page 7:
      Hu is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in hus solutions of each and all a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension preternatural.
    • 2003 October 14, Mikhail Epstein, “"Hu," from "human," as a gender-neutral pronoun”, in ‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      When the lecturer arrives, hu will be speaking on the topic of anonymity.
    • 2007 November 29, Mikhail Epstein, “hu”, in International Society for Universal Dialog‎, archived from the original on 2 January 2012:
      It's the vice-president's job to support the president and take hus place when hu is away.
    • 2008 March, Christoph Hitz, “Hu, Me?”, in Mother Jones‎, →ISSN:
      Maybe, but if his/herstory's any guide, hu has hu work cut out for hu.
  2. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
    • 2006, Perry Anderson with Glenn Burgess, edited by D. N. DeLuna, The Political Imagination in History: Essays Concerning J.G.A. Pocock‎, Owlworks, →ISBN, page 175:
      One of his favorite metaphors for the historian, drawn from the "Preface" to Hegel's Philosophy of Right, likens hu to the owl of Minerva, whose flight at dusk provided the setting for mature reflection on the day that had passed.
  3. (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
    • 2006 October 1, “He said, she said, hu said”, in Los Angeles Times‎:
      Now, however, the editorial writer has a new weapon in hu arsenal.
    • 2006 November 17, Rob Kyff, “Hu Joins Heesh As Neutral Pronoun”, in Hartford Courant‎, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:
      If hu doesn't do hu homework, I will fail hu.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2017 December 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 18 November 2020

Anagrams

Abau

Pronunciation

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
    Apui ka hu.
    The fire has been lit
  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
    • フ アエㇷ゚ アエ カ エラミㇱカリ ㇷ゚ ネ クス
      hu aep a=e ka eramiskari p ne kusu
      I have never eaten raw food
    • ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ
      nea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=kore
      I also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hu (intransitive, 1-slot)
singular plural
1st-person k(u)=hu hu=as
2nd-person e=hu eci=hu
3rd-person hu hu
4th-person hu=an hu=an

†1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
†4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

References

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 133, available online here
  1. ^ 木村きみ (1969) “21-2 ウエペケㇾ「アサハ セタネ イカㇻ」（姉が私を犬にした）”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書3/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月
  2. ^ 貝澤とぅるしの (1969) “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」（桂の木の女神）”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書1/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: L

Verb

hu

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

References

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Albanian

Alternative forms

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

References

  1. ^ Adam Hyllested, “Albanian hundë ‘nose’ and Faroese, SW Norwegian skon ‘snout’”, in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (Bremen: Hempen, 2012), 73-81.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

hu (upper case Hu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chamorro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hu

  1. I

Usage notes

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns
hu-type pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person hu ta in
2nd person un en
3rd person ha ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person yoʼ hit ham
2nd person hao hamyo
3rd person gueʼ siha
emphatic pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person guahu hita hami
2nd person hagu hamyo
3rd person guiya siha

References

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

Chibcha

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. inclination, sympathy
  2. mind
Derived terms

References

“hu,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

hu

  1. imperative of hue

Etymology 3

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hu

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

References

“hu,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Interjection

hu

  1. oh, ooh, oof, wow (indicating surprise or another strong emotion)
    Hu...mi kredis, ke tio ne veris.
    Oh...I thought that wasn't true.

See also

German

Interjection

hu

  1. an exclamation of feeling cold

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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

Kriol

Etymology

From English who.

Pronoun

hu

  1. (interrogative) who

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

hu (with genitive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of wu

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic هُوَ (huwa).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative form of huwa

Inflection

    Inflected forms of hu
positive huwa, hu
negative mhuwiex, mhux
possessive pronoun tiegħu
basic suffix -u, -h
direct object suffix -u, -h
indirect object suffix -lu

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

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

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

hū

  1. how, in all senses, including:
    1. to what degree
      Hū eald is þīn dohtor?
      How old is your daughter?
      Hū miċel gold hæfst þū on þē?
      How much gold do you have on you?
    2. in what manner
      Hū sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?
      How do you say that in English?
      Hū færest þū?
      How are you? (Literally: "How are you faring?")
    3. in what state
      Hū wæs þīn dæġ?
      How was your day?
      Þū canst Ælfrēd cyning? Hū is hē?
      You know King Alfred? What is he like?
  2. used in exclamations
  3. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions

Descendants

Conjunction

hū

  1. how, in all senses:
    1. in what manner
      Iċ leornode hū man wæġn ġebētt.
      I learned how to repair a wagon.
      Hīe āscodon hū hīe helpan meahten.
      They asked how they could help.
    2. that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)
      Iċ him sæġde hū iċ wǣre æt hām ealne dæġ and ne ġehīerde nāwiht.
      I told them how I'd been at home all day and hadn't heard a thing.
      Þæt is tō wundriġenne hū hīe þā bryċġe swā hrædlīċe ġefyldon.
      It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.

Descendants

Old French

FWOTD – 25 March 2016

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Pronunciation

Adverb

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  1. how

Conjunction

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hu

  1. how

Synonyms

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

Verb

hu

  1. to call
    Hu kuv. ― Call me.

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Yanomamö

Noun

hu

  1. nose

References

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

Zou

Hu.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

hu

  1. steam

References

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