hur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hur"

Languages (11)

Translingual

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Basque • Blagar • German • Lote • Middle English • North Frisian • Northern Tujia • Sumerian • Swedish • Uzbek

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Hunquminum or Halkomelem Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ with r as a placeholder.

Symbol

hur

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Halkomelem.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Halkomelem terms

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hur/ [hur]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ur/ [ur]
• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: hur

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• hür (Soule)

Noun

hur inan

1. hazelnut

Declension

Declension of hur (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hur	hurra	hurrak	hurrok
ergative	hurrek	hurrak	hurrek	hurrok
dative	hurri	hurrari	hurrei	hurroi
genitive	hurren	hurraren	hurren	hurron
comitative	hurrekin	hurrarekin	hurrekin	hurrokin
causative	hurrengatik	hurrarengatik	hurrengatik	hurrongatik
benefactive	hurrentzat	hurrarentzat	hurrentzat	hurrontzat
instrumental	hurrez	hurraz	hurrez	hurrotaz
inessive	hurretan	hurrean	hurretan	hurrotan
locative	hurretako	hurreko	hurretako	hurrotako
allative	hurretara	hurrera	hurretara	hurrotara
terminative	hurretaraino	hurreraino	hurretaraino	hurrotaraino
directive	hurretarantz	hurrerantz	hurretarantz	hurrotarantz
destinative	hurretarako	hurrerako	hurretarako	hurrotarako
ablative	hurretatik	hurretik	hurretatik	hurrotatik
partitive	hurrik	—	—	—
prolative	hurtzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

From the Proto-Basque root *(h)uR-.

Alternative forms

• hüllan (Soule)
• hurran, urran
• urrien (Southern)

Adverb

hur (comparative hurrago, superlative hurren, excessive hurregi)

1. near

Adjective

hur (comparative hurrago, superlative hurren, excessive hurregi)

1. near

Declension

Declension of hur (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		hur	hurra	hurrak	hurrok
ergative		hurrek	hurrak	hurrek	hurrok
dative		hurri	hurrari	hurrei	hurroi
genitive		hurren	hurraren	hurren	hurron
comitative		hurrekin	hurrarekin	hurrekin	hurrokin
causative		hurrengatik	hurrarengatik	hurrengatik	hurrongatik
benefactive		hurrentzat	hurrarentzat	hurrentzat	hurrontzat
instrumental		hurrez	hurraz	hurrez	hurrotaz
inessive	anim.	hurrengan	hurrarengan	hurrengan	hurrongan
	inan.	hurretan	hurrean	hurretan	hurrotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	hurretako	hurreko	hurretako	hurrotako
allative	anim.	hurrengana	hurrarengana	hurrengana	hurrongana
	inan.	hurretara	hurrera	hurretara	hurrotara
terminative	anim.	hurrenganaino	hurrarenganaino	hurrenganaino	hurronganaino
	inan.	hurretaraino	hurreraino	hurretaraino	hurrotaraino
directive	anim.	hurrenganantz	hurrarenganantz	hurrenganantz	hurronganantz
	inan.	hurretarantz	hurrerantz	hurretarantz	hurrotarantz
destinative	anim.	hurrenganako	hurrarenganako	hurrenganako	hurronganako
	inan.	hurretarako	hurrerako	hurretarako	hurrotarako
ablative	anim.	hurrengandik	hurrarengandik	hurrengandik	hurrongandik
	inan.	hurretatik	hurretik	hurretatik	hurrotatik
partitive		hurrik	—	—	—
prolative		hurtzat	—	—	—

Etymology 3

Noun

hur inan

1. (Soule) alternative form of ur (“water”)

Further reading

• “hur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Blagar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hur/

Noun

hur

1. language

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• Stokhof (1975)

German

Verb

hur

1. singular imperative of huren

Anagrams

• Ruh, Uhr, ruh

Lote

Noun

hur

1. banana

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hur

1. alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

hur

1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hur

1. alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 3

Determiner

hur

1. alternative form of oure (“our”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hur

1. (chiefly southern West Midland and Southern dialectal) alternative form of here (“their”)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• huar (Föhr-Amrum)
• weer (Mooring)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). For the use for “how” compare Danish hvor.

Adverb

hur (Sylt)

1. where
2. (chiefly with adjective) how

   Hur lung waaret dit?

   How long will it take?

Derived terms

• hurdeling (“how, in what way”)

See also

• (how): hü (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

Northern Tujia

Pronunciation

• (Longshan) IPA^(key): /xu˨˩/

Verb

hur

1. to drink

Sumerian

Romanization

hur

1. romanization of 𒄯 (ḫur)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• huru (archaic)

Etymology

Shortened form of huru, from Old Swedish hwaru, from neuter dative of Proto-Germanic *hwar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːr/

• Audio:

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• (Finland, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈhu(r)/, /ˈhuru/, /ˈhœ(r)/, /ˈhʉ(r)/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Adverb

hur (not comparable)

1. how

   Hur är det bra för oss?

   How is that good for us?

Synonyms

• huruledes (archaic)

Derived terms

• ehuru
• hur som helst, hursom helst, hursomhelst
• hur som, hursom, hurusom (archaic)
• hur står det till?
• hur så, hurså, huruså (archaic)
• hurdan, hurudan (archaic)
• huruvida

References

• “hur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Kotus

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	حر
	Yangi Imlo	ھۇر
Cyrillic		ҳур
Latin		hur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai حر (ḥr), from Classical Persian حُرّ (hurr), from Arabic حُرٌّ m (ḥurrun, “free”). Cognate with Uyghur ھۆر / hör / һөр. Compare also Turkish hür.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hur/, [hʊ̈r]
• Hyphenation: hur

Adjective

hur (comparative hurroq, superlative eng hur)

1. free

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• hurlik (“freedom, liberty”)