hui

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hui.

Pronunciation

Noun

hui (plural hui or huis)

  1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
    • 1962, Education, volume 11, page 56:
      [] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs []
  2. (New Zealand, by extension) A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive.
    • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 154:
      Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at the hui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, whicvh would imply that he was living somewhere else.

See also

  • An-hui (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc +‎ diē (literally on this day).

Pronunciation

Adverb

hui

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
  2. (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.

References

  • “avui” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoey, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (whey).

Pronunciation

Noun

hui f (uncountable)

  1. (dated, dialectal) whey
    Synonyms: wei, melkwei
    Hui is een bijproduct van het maken van kaas.Whey is a side product of cheese production.
    • 1612, Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, “Symen sonder Soeticheydt”, in Kluchten, page 108:
      Wy aten een potje karmelck …, en droncken een toochje huy
      We ate a jar of buttermilk porridge…, and drank a swig of whey
    • 1811, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 9, publ. P. H. Trap, page 453.
      De melk wordt … verwerkt tot boter, kaas, karnemelk en hui …,
      The milk is … processed into butter, cheese, buttermilk and whey …,

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to Karelian hui. Possibly onomatopoeic, but may also be borrowed. Compare Swedish huj, German hui.

Interjection

hui

  1. oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *hoi, *hui, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje, *šuje.

Noun

hui (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. spool, bobbin
Synonyms
Derived terms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc (this) + diē.

Cognate with Occitan uòi, uèi, Catalan hui and avui, Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hui

  1. (archaic except in the compound aujourd'hui) today

Derived terms

German

Interjection

hui

  1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Further reading

  • hui” in Duden online
  • hui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

hui

  1. club, organization
  2. company, firm
  3. combination
  4. cluster
  5. (music) chorus (refrain)
  6. (mathematics) plus sign

Verb

hui

  1. (intransitive) to meet
    A hui hou, mālama pono.Until we meet again, take good care.
  2. (intransitive) to unite, join
  3. (intransitive) to combine

See also

Ido

Noun

hui

  1. plural of huo

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

hui

  1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
  2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

References

  • hui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hui in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Mandarin

Romanization

hui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of huī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of huí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of huì.

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.

Maori

Verb

hui

  1. to gather, congregate, assemble, meet

Noun

hui

  1. gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference

Middle English

Pronoun

hui

  1. Alternative form of he (they)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhuj/

Adverb

hui

  1. very

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

  1. today

Descendants

  • Middle French: hui
  • Walloon: ouy

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

hui

  1. inflection of huir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative