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hiu

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See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to be

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu. Cognate with Maori whiu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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)

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Hokkien

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiu (plural hiu-hiu)

  1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *hiu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiu (Jawi spelling هيو, plural hiu-hiu)

  1. obsolete form of yu

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: hiu

Manx

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Pronoun

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hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

  1. second-person plural of hug
    to you

Old English

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Pronoun

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hīu (f) (Northumbrian)

  1. alternative form of hēo

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (this, this one). Akin to Old English hēo.

Pronoun

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hiū f (accusative hiā, genitive hiāre, dative hiāre)

  1. she
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)

Declension

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik mīn
2nd person thū thī thī thīn
3rd
person
m hine him sīn
f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
n hit hit him sīn
plural 1st person ūs ūs ūser
2nd person , , jūwer
3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: jo, ju
  • West Frisian: so, sy, se

Sundanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

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hiu (Sundanese script ᮠᮤᮅ)

  1. shark
    Synonym: cucut

Vietnamese

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Adjective

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hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

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hiu

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

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