hu
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
hu
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Homophones: hue, huh
Pronoun[edit]
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.
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Abau[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hu
References[edit]
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Akan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Tone: L[1]
Verb[edit]
hu
References[edit]
- ^ 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
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
hu m (indefinite plural hunj, definite singular huri, definite plural hunjtë)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
Chamorro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Cognates include Javanese aku and Indonesian aku.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu
Usage notes[edit]
- 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 also[edit]
hu-type pronouns | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 |
References[edit]
- Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar[9], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Chibcha[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hu
- Alternative form of bhu
References[edit]
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse hugr, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hu c (singular definite huen, not used in plural form)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
“hu,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
hu
- imperative of hue
Etymology 3[edit]
Onomatopoetic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hu
References[edit]
“hu,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
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 also[edit]
German[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hu
- an exclamation of feeling cold
Further reading[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
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 reading[edit]
- (frightening someone or expressing horror): hu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Kriol[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu
- (interrogative) who
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Preposition[edit]
hu (with genitive)
- Obsolete spelling of wu
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /u/ (between consonants)
- IPA(key): /w/ (before or after a vowel)
- IPA(key): /uː/ (when strongly stressed)
- Homophone: u
Pronoun[edit]
hu
- Alternative form of huwa
Inflection[edit]
Inflected forms of hu | |
---|---|
positive | huwa, hu |
negative | mhuwiex, mhux |
possessive pronoun | tiegħu |
basic suffix | -u, -h |
direct object suffix | -u, -h |
indirect object suffix | -lu |
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
hu
- Nonstandard spelling of hū.
- Nonstandard spelling of hú.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of hù.
Usage notes[edit]
- 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 Dutch[edit]
Determiner[edit]
hu
- Alternative spelling of u
Pronoun[edit]
hu
- Alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi
Middle English[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu
- (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of ho (“she”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse hú, originally onomatopoeic.
Interjection[edit]
hu
- Used to express discomfort.
- boo hoo
- hoot
References[edit]
- “hu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
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
Descendants[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
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
Descendants[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hu
- a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something
Noun[edit]
hu m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)
References[edit]
- 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 Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
hu
Conjunction[edit]
hu
Synonyms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hu
- hoot (cry made by an owl)
Sumerian[edit]
Romanization[edit]
hu
- Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hu (accusative na or hänner, dative hänner or henar, genitive hännars or henars)
Usage notes[edit]
Hu is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun.
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
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 2[edit]
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ho, hoe
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hu f
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.
Noun[edit]
hu f
Related terms[edit]
Zou[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t. Cognates include Chinese 荤 (hūn) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hu
References[edit]
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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- zom:Water