hu
English
Etymology
Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).[1]
Pronunciation
- Homophones: hue, huh
Pronoun
hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene)
- (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, Perry Anderson with Burgess, Glenn, edited by DeLuna, D. N., 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
Derived terms
See also
References
Anagrams
Abau
Pronunciation
Noun
hu
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Akan
Pronunciation
- Tone: L[1]
Verb
hu
References
- ^ 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
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skuna, from *skun-o- (compare Norwegian/Faroese skon (“snout”)), from Proto-Indo-European *skewd-.[1] More at hedh.
Noun
hu m (plural hunj, definite huri, definite plural hunjtë)
Related terms
References
- ^ 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.
Danish
Etymology
Interjection
hu
Noun
hu c (singular definite huen, not used in plural form)
Derived terms
Verb
hu
Esperanto
Interjection
hu
German
Interjection
hu
- an exclamation of feeling cold
Further reading
- “hu” in Duden online
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
Interjection
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)
Kriol
Etymology
Pronoun
hu
- (interrogative) who
Lower Sorbian
Preposition
hu (with genitive)
Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hu
Inflection
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
Romanization
hu
- Nonstandard spelling of hū.
- Nonstandard spelling of hú.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of hù.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Dutch
Determiner
hu
- Alternative spelling of u
Pronoun
hu
- Alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi
Middle English
Pronoun
hu
- Alternative form of heo
References
- “he, pron. (2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Pronoun
hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
Pronoun
hu
- (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hū
- how, in all senses, including:
- to what degree
- Hū eald is þīn dohtor?
- How old is your daughter?
- Hū miċel fēos hæfst þū mid þē?
- How much money do you have with you?
- in what manner
- Hū sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?
- How do you say that in English?
- Hū færst 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
- Hū hleahtorlīċ!
- How ridiculous!
- Hū gōd hund!
- What a good dog!
- to what degree
Conjunction
hū
- how, in all senses:
- in what manner
- Iċ leornode hū man wæġn ġebētt.
- I learned how to repair a wagon.
- Hīe āxodon 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
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
hu
- a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something
Noun
hu oblique singular, m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)
References
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
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Conjunction
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Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
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Pronoun
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Usage notes
Hu is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun.
Synonyms
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See also
Etymology 2
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ho, hoe
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Etymology 3
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Noun
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Related terms
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Zou
Noun
hu
References
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