hu
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
hu
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- Homophones: hue, huh
PronounEdit
hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene, nonstandard)
- (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- (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.
- (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
AbauEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hu
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
- Tone: L[1]
VerbEdit
hu
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “hũ”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[8], Basel, pages 192–193
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)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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
Usage notesEdit
- hu is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while yoʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.
See alsoEdit
hu-type pronouns | |||
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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
- 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)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
“hu,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hu
- imperative of hue
Etymology 3Edit
Onomatopoetic.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
hu
ReferencesEdit
“hu,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
hu
- 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
- an exclamation of feeling cold
Further readingEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
An onomatopoeia.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
hu
- boo (a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child)
- ah, oh (use to express fright)
- Hu, de megijedtem! ― Ah, you startled me!
- ugh (used to express repugnance, disgust)
- 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
PronounEdit
hu
- (interrogative) who
Lower SorbianEdit
PrepositionEdit
hu (with genitive)
- Obsolete spelling of wu
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /u/ (between consonants)
- IPA(key): /w/ (before or after a vowel)
- IPA(key): /uː/ (when strongly stressed)
- Homophone: u
PronounEdit
hu
- Alternative form of huwa
InflectionEdit
Inflected forms of hu | |
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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
- Nonstandard spelling of hū.
- Nonstandard spelling of hú.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǔ.
- 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
- Alternative spelling of u
PronounEdit
hu
- Alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
hu
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
hu
- (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of ho (“she”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse hú, originally onomatopoeic.
InterjectionEdit
hu
- Used to express discomfort.
- boo hoo
- hoot
ReferencesEdit
- “hu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
hū
- how, in all senses, including:
- 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?
- 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?")
- 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?
- used in exclamations
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Ēalā hū gōd mann!
- Oh, what a good person!
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- used to introduce negative rhetorical questions
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Hū, ne eart þū sē mann þe on mīnre scōle wǣre āfēded and ġelǣred?
- Aren't you the person who was raised and taught in my school?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- to what degree
DescendantsEdit
ConjunctionEdit
hū
- how, in all senses:
- 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.
- 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.
- in what manner
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
hu
- a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something
NounEdit
hu m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (hu)
- hu on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hwō.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
hu
ConjunctionEdit
hu
SynonymsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
InterjectionEdit
hu
- hoot (cry made by an owl)
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
hu
- Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)
WestrobothnianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hu (accusative na or hänner, dative hänner or henar, genitive hännars or henars)
Usage notesEdit
Hu is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun.
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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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
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.
NounEdit
hu f
Related termsEdit
ZouEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t. Cognates include Chinese 荤 (hūn) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hu
ReferencesEdit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40