hiu

See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• escu, est

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to be

Conjugation

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

Related terms

• hiri / hire
• fut
• hiintsã

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhi̯u/, [ˈhju]

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• hiuhiu

Further reading

• hiu in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Hokkien

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhiu̯/ [ˈhiu̯]

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• Rhymes: -u̯
• Syllabification: hi‧u

Noun

hiu (plural hiu-hiu)

1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Alternative forms

• yu (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• hiu berjalan
• hiu berui
• hiu biru
• hiu botol
• hiu galei
• hiu gergaji
• hiu hidung
• hiu kepala martil
• hiu parang
• hiu raksasa

Further reading

• “hiu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiw/ [ˈhiw]

Noun

hiu (Jawi spelling هيو, plural hiu-hiu)

1. obsolete form of yu

Descendants

• Indonesian: hiu

Manx

Pronoun

hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

1. second-person plural of hug

   to you

Old English

Pronoun

hīu (f) (Northumbrian)

1. alternative form of hēo

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• hiō

Etymology

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

Pronoun

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

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

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Descendants

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

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Noun

hiu (Sundanese script ᮠᮤᮅ)

1. shark

   Synonym: cucut

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]

Adjective

hiu

1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

hiu

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

Derived terms

• đìu hiu
• hiu hắt
• hiu quạnh
• quạnh hiu