hũ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ũ

Adjective

hũ

1. black

Derived terms

• hũngy
• itahũ

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “hũ”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 34
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “hũ”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 30, column 2

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 壺 (“pot, jar”, SV: hồ)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hu˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hʊw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hʊw˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) hũ • (𪺛, 屡, 𤮒, 𧇍, 錿)

1. large storage pot or jar that must be held with two hands; compare lọ (“small jar”), chai (“bottle”) and nồi (“cooking pot”)

   Em đặt 80 hũ có 3 hũ trắng chứ không phải hũ trong, chắc thiếu hàng gì đó.

   I ordered 80 pots and got three which were white (pots) rather than clear (pots); they must have run out.