huru

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See also: Huru and hůru

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

huru

  1. accusative singular of hura
  2. instrumental singular of hura

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu; compare Malay bulu.

Noun

huru (used in the reduplicated form huruhuru)

  1. hair

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq; compare Malay suluh.

Verb

huru

  1. to glow

References

  • “huru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English huru.

Pronunciation

Adverb

huru

  1. especially, particularly; much less; ~ and ~, ~ thinge, especially
  2. at least; in any case
    • 1175, The Holy Rood:
      Ðe leᵹ wæs huru feowertiᵹ fæðmæ heh.
      The glade was at least 40 fathoms.
  3. truly, certainly, indeed
  4. even

Old English

Etymology

Of obscure origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Compare Swedish huru (“how”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

hūru

  1. anyway, at any rate, in any case
  2. certainly, at least, indeed
    hūru fīftēne mīla brād ― at least fifteen miles broad
    ne hūru on hǣðene lēode ― certainly not to a heathen nation
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "De libro regum"
      Clypiað git hluddor uncuð þeah þe he slæpe⁠ þæt he huru aƿacnige and eoƿ ƿið spræce
      'Cry ye yet louder, peradventure he sleepeth, that he may at least awaken and answer unto you.'
  3. yet, however
  4. especially
    Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.
    It is good for all, and especially for deep wounds.

Descendants

  • Middle English: hūre, hūru

References

  1. ^ "hure, adv." OED Online.

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hoer.

Noun

huru

  1. whore, prostitute

Verb

huru

  1. to have sexual relations with more than one person

Sundanese

Romanization

huru

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮥᮛᮥ

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

huru (invariable)

  1. free, liberated

Derived terms

Noun

huru (ma class, plural mahuru)

  1. freedman, manumitted slave

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hwaru, from a dative form of Old Norse hvar (“where”), see also var, Icelandic hvernug, Danish hvor.

Adverb

huru (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) how

Synonyms

Derived terms

Tataltepec Chatino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

huru

  1. donkey

References

  • Pride, Leslie, Pride, Kitty (1970) Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 8, 57
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