hú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"

Dakota

Noun

hú

1. bone

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuː]

• Audio

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Interjection

hú

1. wow! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)

   Synonyms: ejha, hűha, hű, tyűha, tyű, húha, azt a mindenit

   • 1845, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant), epic, part 20, [1]

     Hát még meg a varjúk!… hú, azok voltak ám!

     Not to mention the crows!… What a sight to be seen!

2. whoo (the expression of delight)

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Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

hú!

1. hoo!
2. boohoo!

Further reading

• "hú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “hú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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Lakota

Noun

hú

1. leg

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

hú (Zhuyin ㄏㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 狐
2. Pinyin transcription of 弧
3. Pinyin transcription of 胡
4. Pinyin transcription of 湖
5. Pinyin transcription of 糊
6. Pinyin transcription of 蝴
7. Pinyin transcription of 乎
8. Pinyin transcription of 和
9. Pinyin transcription of 喖
10. Pinyin transcription of 嘝
11. Pinyin transcription of 囫
12. Pinyin transcription of 壺, 壶
13. Pinyin transcription of 媩
14. Pinyin transcription of 抇
15. Pinyin transcription of 搰
16. Pinyin transcription of 斛
17. Pinyin transcription of 核
18. Pinyin transcription of 楜
19. Pinyin transcription of 槲
20. Pinyin transcription of 汩
21. Pinyin transcription of 瀫
22. Pinyin transcription of 焀
23. Pinyin transcription of 煳
24. Pinyin transcription of 猢
25. Pinyin transcription of 瑚
26. Pinyin transcription of 瓠
27. Pinyin transcription of 瓳
28. Pinyin transcription of 箶
29. Pinyin transcription of 絗
30. Pinyin transcription of 縠
31. Pinyin transcription of 葫
32. Pinyin transcription of 蔛
33. Pinyin transcription of 虖
34. Pinyin transcription of 螜
35. Pinyin transcription of 衚
36. Pinyin transcription of 觳
37. Pinyin transcription of 醐
38. Pinyin transcription of 鈴
39. Pinyin transcription of 鍸
40. Pinyin transcription of 頶
41. Pinyin transcription of 餬
42. Pinyin transcription of 鬍
43. Pinyin transcription of 魱
44. Pinyin transcription of 鰗
45. Pinyin transcription of 鴠
46. Pinyin transcription of 鵠, 鹄
47. Pinyin transcription of 鶘, 鶦, 鹕
48. Pinyin transcription of 鶲
49. Pinyin transcription of 鹗

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Tlingit

Pronoun

hú

1. third-person singular personal pronoun: he, she, it

See also

Tlingit personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		x̱át	uháan
2nd person		wa.é	yeewháan
3rd person		hú	hás

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hʊw˦˥]

Verb

hú • (觳)

1. to howl
   • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:

     Không ai nghe tiếng tôi hú gọi cả.

     No-one heard me howling and shouting at all.

2. (colloquial) to call for

   Có gì thì cứ hú tao nha bây.

   If anything turns up, just call me.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hú hét
• hú hồn
• hú vía

 

Related terms

• rú
• rống