See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the h- conjugations come from Latin fīō (become). Compare Romanian fi.

Verb edit

hiu first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative easti, past participle futã)

  1. to be

Conjugation edit

past participle futã
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
mine / mini tine / tini nãs, nãsã / nãsa noi voi nãsh, nãse / nãsi, elj
present hiu, escu hii, eshti / esci easti / easte / easci him / himu hits / hitsã suntu / sun

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Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu.

Verb edit

hiu

  1. to throw or fling violently, haul energetically with ropes
    Hiu nō au ā naʻu ʻoe.
    I'll sweep you off your feet.
  2. get into action (as with play or sport)
  3. to pursue with energy (as with love-making)

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of hiu – see (“to rest; to relax; joyous; happy; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay hiu (Standard yu), from Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhi.u/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: hi‧u

Noun edit

hiu (first-person possessive hiuku, second-person possessive hiumu, third-person possessive hiunya)

  1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Alternative forms edit

  • yu (nonstandard)

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Further reading edit

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu (compare Javanese ꦲꦶꦪꦸ (iyu), Fijian qio), from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hiu (Jawi spelling هيو)

  1. Obsolete form of yu.

Manx edit

Pronoun edit

hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

  1. second-person plural of hug
    to you

Sundanese edit

Romanization edit

hiu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮤᮅ

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb edit

hiu

  1. (of wind, usually in the reduplicated form hiu hiu) gently, caressingly

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