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

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”), through Vulgar Latin *oie and Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

hui

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

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœy̯/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: hui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

hui f (uncountable)

1. (dated, dialectal) whey

   Synonym: wei

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui̯/, [ˈhui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: hui

Interjection

hui

1. oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)

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French

Etymology

From Old French hui, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē, from hōc (“this”) + diē.

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

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/

• Audio

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Adverb

hui

1. (obsolete) today

Usage notes

• Only used in contemporary French in the word 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hui

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

Verb

hui

1. (intransitive) to meet

   A hui hou, mālama pono. ― Until we meet again, take good care.

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

See also

• hū

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Ido

Noun

hui

1. plural of huo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hui̯/, [hʊi̯]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uj/, [uj]

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• 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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Maori

Verb

hui

1. to gather, congregate, assemble, meet

Noun

hui

1. gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference

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Middle English

Pronoun

hui

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhuj/

Adverb

hui

1. very

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

1. today

Descendants

• French: hui (obsolete); ⇒ aujourd'hui
  • Haitian Creole: jodi a
• Walloon: ouy

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• huí (deprecated)

Verb

hui

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