Wiktionary

hu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

hu

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

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).[1]

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

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, McMahon, Bryan T., quoting Sasha Newborn, “A terrible book”, in The Ponchatoula Times‎[1], 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, Epstein, Mikhail, “"Hu," from "human," as a gender-neutral pronoun”, in , Usenet‎[2], message-ID <f732cdb7.0310141153.6c715df8@posting.google.com>:
      When the lecturer arrives, hu will be speaking on the topic of anonymity.
    • 2007 November 29, Epstein, Mikhail, “hu”, in International Society for Universal Dialog‎[3]:
      It's the vice-president's job to support the president and take hus place when hu is away.
    • 2008 March, Hitz, Christoph, “Hu, Me?”, in Mother Jones‎[4], →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, Anderson, Perry; Burgess, Glenn, DeLuna, D. N., editor, The Political Imagination in History: Essays Concerning J.G.A. Pocock‎[5], 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[6]:
      Now, however, the editorial writer has a new weapon in hu arsenal.
    • 2006 November 17, Kyff, Rob, “Hu Joins Heesh As Neutral Pronoun”, in Hartford Courant‎[7]:
      If hu doesn't do hu homework, I will fail hu.

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/1462-quot-Hu-quot-from-quot-human-quot-as-a-pronoun

AnagramsEdit

AbauEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hu

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

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

AkanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

hu

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

ReferencesEdit

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

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

Compare Norwegian/Faroese skon (“snout”)), from Proto-Indo-European *skewd-.[1] More at hedh.

NounEdit

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

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

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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.

ChamorroEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

hu

  1. I

Usage notesEdit

See alsoEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎[9], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

ChibchaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hu

  1. Alternative form of bhu

ReferencesEdit

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

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. inclination, sympathy
  2. mind
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“hu,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

hu

  1. imperative of hue

Etymology 3Edit

Onomatopoetic.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

hu

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

ReferencesEdit

“hu,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

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 alsoEdit

GermanEdit

InterjectionEdit

hu

  1. an exclamation of feeling cold

Further readingEdit

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

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

An onomatopoeia.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

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 readingEdit

  • (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

KriolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English who.

PronounEdit

hu

  1. (interrogative) who

Lower SorbianEdit

PrepositionEdit

hu (with genitive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of wu

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic هُوَ‎ (huwa).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

hu

  1. Alternative form of huwa

InflectionEdit

    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

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

hu

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

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle DutchEdit

DeterminerEdit

hu

  1. Alternative spelling of u

PronounEdit

hu

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

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

hu

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse hon.

PronounEdit

hu

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

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse hú, originally onomatopoeic.

InterjectionEdit

hu

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

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

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?
    4. used in exclamations
    5. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions

DescendantsEdit

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

ConjunctionEdit

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.

DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

FWOTD – 25 March 2016

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Onomatopoeic.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

hu

  1. a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something

NounEdit

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

  1. commotion; racket (noisy situation)

ReferencesEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *hwō.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

hu

  1. how

ConjunctionEdit

hu

  1. how

SynonymsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Onomatopoeic.

InterjectionEdit

hu

  1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

hu

  1. Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse hón.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /hʉː/, /heʊ̯ː/, /hʊ/, /hœ/

PronounEdit

hu (accusative na or hänner, dative hänner or henar, genitive hännars or henars)

  1. she, it (third person singular, feminine)
Usage notesEdit

Hu is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun.

SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Westrobothnian personal pronouns.
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative jig, jeg, jög du, döu hɑnn, hånn hu, ho, hon he
accusative meg deg seg hana, na, a, hänner he, ne, e
dative meg (me) deg (de) seg (se) hönöm, hano, håno hannar, hänner, hennar, henar, nar dy, dyij, di
genitive min, myin din, dyin sin, syin hɑnʃ, hansches, hånsch hannars, hännars, hennars, henars diss
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative ve ge, je, ji de, di, dȯm, dem, döm
accusative ass, åss ge, je, ji seg
dative ass, åss gerom, irom seg (se) dȯm, dem, döm, do
genitive vor, wȯhn, våor, vånn, voden jera, jänn, jern, iden, jedar, idar sin, syin dern, dera, däris, daires dera, däris, daires derä


Etymology 2Edit

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ho, hoe

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hu f

  1. female

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

NounEdit

hu f

  1. hide; pelt
Related termsEdit

ZouEdit

 
Hu.

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

hu

  1. steam

ReferencesEdit

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