hui

See also: Hui, huí, huì, huī, and huǐ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

hui (plural huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.

Anagrams

• UHI

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /wi/

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”), through Vulgar Latin *oie.

Adverb

hui

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
2. (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ui

Interjection

hui

1. oh! (an exclamation cried when scared)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɥi/

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc (“this”) + diē.

Cognate with Catalan hui and avui, Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

Adverb

hui

1. (obsolete) today

Usage notes

• only used in contemporary French in the noun aujourd'hui

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German

Interjection

hui

1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Further reading

• hui in Duden online

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Hawaiian

Noun

hui

1. club, organization
2. company, firm
3. combination
4. cluster
5. chorus (refrain)
6. plus sign

Verb

hui

1. (intransitive) to meet
2. (intransitive) to unite, join
3. (intransitive) to combine

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Ido

Noun

hui

1. plural of huo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /huj/, [hʊj]

Interjection

hui

1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

References

• hui in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hui in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hui” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• hui in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Mandarin

Romanization

hui (Zhuyin ㄏㄨㄟ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𣌭

hui

1. Nonstandard spelling of huī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of huí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of huì.

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

• -huì

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Northern Sami

Adverb

hui

1. very

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

1. today

Descendants

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• French: aujourd'hui
  • Haitian Creole: jodi a
• Walloon: ouy

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Spanish

Verb

hui

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of huir.