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Translingual

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hu

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forHungarian.

English

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Etymology

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Clipping ofhuman, first offered for usage byMikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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hu (third-person singular, nominative case,reflexivehuself)(epicene, nonstandard)

  1. (neologism)they(singular).Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronounshe andshe.
    • 2002 January 3, Bryan T. McMahon, quoting Sasha Newborn, “A terrible book”, inThe Ponchatoula Times[2], page 7:
      Hu is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting inhus solutions of each and all a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension preternatural.
    • 2003 October 14, Mikhail Epstein, “"Hu," from "human," as a gender-neutral pronoun”, in[3] (Usenet), message-ID <f732cdb7.0310141153.6c715df8@posting.google.com>:
      When the lecturer arrives,hu will be speaking on the topic of anonymity.
    • 2007 November 29, Mikhail Epstein, “hu”, inInternational Society for Universal Dialog[4], archived fromthe original on2 January 2012:
      It's the vice-president's job to support the president and takehus place whenhu is away.
    • 2008 March, Christoph Hitz, “Hu, Me?”, inMother Jones[5],→ISSN:
      Maybe, but if his/herstory's any guide,hu has hu work cut out for hu.
  2. (neologism)them(singular).Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronounshim andher.
    • 2006, Perry Anderson with Glenn Burgess, edited by D. N. DeLuna,The Political Imagination in History: Essays Concerning J.G.A. Pocock[6], Owlworks,→ISBN, page175:
      One of his favorite metaphors for the historian, drawn from the "Preface" to Hegel's Philosophy of Right, likenshu to the owl of Minerva, whose flight at dusk provided the setting for mature reflection on the day that had passed.
  3. (neologism)their(singular).Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate withhis andher.
    • 2006 October 1, “He said, she said, hu said”, inLos Angeles Times[7]:
      Now, however, the editorial writer has a new weapon inhu arsenal.
    • 2006 November 17, Rob Kyff, “Hu Joins Heesh As Neutral Pronoun”, inHartford Courant[8], archived fromthe original on5 March 2016:
      If hu doesn't dohu homework, I will fail hu.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Archived copy”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2017 December 2 (last accessed), archived fromthe original on18 November 2020

Anagrams

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Abau

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hu

  1. water

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock,Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Acehnese

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Etymology

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PossibleAustroasiatic origin. Compare withBahnarhuur

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /hu/

Verb

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hu

  1. tolight up orburn
    Apui kahu.
    The fire has beenlit
  2. (figurative) to feel your heart burning; as in due to anger or eating something spicy.

Ainu

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Verb

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hu (Kana spelling)

  1. to beraw,uncooked
    • アエㇷ゚ アエ カ エラミㇱカリ ㇷ゚ ネ クス[1]
      hu aep a=e ka eramiskari p ne kusu
      I have never eatenraw food
    • ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ[2]
      nea menokopo ka nea ci aep kahu cep ka a=kore
      I also gave the girl cooked food andraw fish.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofhu (intransitive, 1-slot)
singularplural
1st-personk(u)=huhu=as
2nd-persone=hueci=hu
3rd-personhuhu
4th-personhu=anhu=an

1st-person plurals areexclusive.Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
4th-person:indefinite person, 1st-personinclusive plural,logophorical person, 2nd-personhonorific, etc.
SeeAinu grammar.

References

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  • John Batchelor (1905)An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[9], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 133, available onlinehere
  1. ^木村きみ (1969) “21-2 ウエペケㇾ「アサハ セタネ イカㇻ」(姉が私を犬にした)”, in第2年次調査研究報告書3/3,文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published2015年3月
  2. ^貝澤とぅるしの (1969) “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」(桂の木の女神)”, in第2年次調査研究報告書1/3,文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published2015年3月

Akan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hu

  1. tosee
  2. todiscern, todescry, tofind

References

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  1. ^Kotey, Paul A. (1998).Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books.→ISBN

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Albanian*skuna <*skuja +*-na, fromProto-Indo-European*skuy-os <*skwey-.

CompareNorwegian/Faroeseskon(snout), fromProto-Indo-European*skewd-.[1] More athedh.

Noun

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hu m (pluralhunj, definitehuri, definite pluralhunjtë)

  1. woodenpost,fencepost
  2. stake,picket
  3. pole,stilt
  4. (colloquial)penis

Declension

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Declension ofhu
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativehuhurihunjhunjtë
accusativehurin
dativehurihurithunjvehunjve
ablativehunjsh

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References

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  1. ^Adam Hyllested, “Albanianhundë ‘nose’ and Faroese, SW Norwegianskon ‘snout’”, inProceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (Bremen: Hempen, 2012), 73-81.

Australian Kriol

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwho.

Pronoun

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hu

  1. (interrogative)who

Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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hu (upper caseHu)

  1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

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Chamorro

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(i-)aku, fromProto-Austronesian*(i-)aku. Cognates includeJavaneseaku andIndonesianaku.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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hu

  1. I

Usage notes

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Chamorro personal pronouns
singularplural inclusiveplural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st personhutain
2nd personunen
3rd personhama
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st personyoʼhitham
2nd personhaohamyo
3rd persongueʼsiha
emphatic pronouns
1st personguahuhitahami
2nd personhaguhamyo
3rd personguiyasiha

References

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  • Donald M. Topping (1973)Chamorro Reference Grammar[11], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Chibcha

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hu

  1. Alternative form ofbhu

References

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  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Danish

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsehugr, fromProto-Germanic*hugiz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hu c (singular definitehuen,not used in plural form)

  1. inclination,sympathy
  2. mind
Derived terms
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References

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hu,2” inDen Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hu

  1. imperative ofhue

Etymology 3

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Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hu

  1. An expression ofeeriness,horror or a very strongemotion

References

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hu,1” inDen Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hu

  1. oh,ooh,oof,wow(indicatingsurprise or another strongemotion)
    Hu...mi kredis, ke tio ne veris.
    Oh...I thought that wasn't true.

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German

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Interjection

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hu

  1. an expression of fear or horror
  2. an expression of disgust or revulsion
  3. anexclamation expressing a sudden feeling ofcold

Further reading

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  • hu” inDuden online
  • hu” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Anonomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hu

  1. boo(a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child)
  2. ah,oh(use to express fright)
    Hu, de megijedtem!Ah, you startled me!
  3. ugh(used to express repugnance, disgust)
  4. hoot(cry of anowl; seehuhog)

Further reading

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  • (frightening someone or expressing horror):hu in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
  • (imitating a dog):hu in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

Japanese

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Romanization

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hu

  1. Thekatakana syllableホゥ(hu) inHepburn-like romanization.

Lower Sorbian

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Preposition

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hu [withgenitive]

  1. Obsolete spelling ofwu.

Maltese

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Etymology

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FromArabicهُوَ(huwa).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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hu

  1. Alternative form ofhuwa

Inflection

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Inflected forms ofhu
positivehuwa,hu
negativemhuwiex,mhux
possessive pronountiegħu
basic suffix-u,-h
direct object suffix-u,-h
indirect object suffix-lu

Mandarin

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Romanization

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hu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

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Determiner

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hu

  1. Alternative spelling ofu

Pronoun

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hu

  1. Alternative spelling ofu;accusative/dative ofgi

Middle English

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Pronoun

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hu

  1. Alternative form ofheo(she)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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hu (accusativehenne,genitivehennes)

  1. (Non-standard since 1959)she, (third person singular, feminine)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsehon.

Pronoun

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hu

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard)alternative form ofho(she)

Etymology 2

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FromOld Norse, originallyonomatopoeic.

Interjection

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hu

  1. Used to expressdiscomfort.
  2. boo hoo
  3. hoot

References

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*hwō. Cognate withOld Frisian,Old Saxon (Dutchhoe),Old High Germanwuo.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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  1. how, in all senses, including:
    1. towhatdegree
      eald is þīn dohtor?
      How old is your daughter?
      miċel gold hæfst þū on þē?
      How much gold do you have on you?
    2. inwhatmanner
      sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?
      How do you say that in English?
      færest þū?
      How are you? (Literally: "How are you faring?")
    3. inwhatstate
      wæs þīn dæġ?
      How was your day?
      Þū canst Ælfrēd cyning? is hē?
      You know King Alfred?What is helike?
  2. used in exclamations
  3. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions

Descendants

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Conjunction

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  1. how, in all senses:
    1. inwhatmanner
      Iċ leornode man wæġn ġebētt.
      I learnedhow to repair a wagon.
      Hīe āscodon hīe helpan meahten.
      They askedhow they could help.
    2. that, the fact that(introducing direct statements)
      Iċ him sæġde iċ wǣre æt hām ealne dæġ and ne ġehīerde nāwiht.
      I told themhow I'd been at home all day and hadn't heard a thing.
      Þæt is tō wundriġenne hīe þā bryċġe swā hrædlīċe ġefyldon.
      It's amazinghow they completed the bridge so quickly.

Descendants

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Old French

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FWOTD – 25 March 2016

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hu

  1. a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something

Noun

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huoblique singularm (oblique pluralhus,nominative singularhus,nominative pluralhu)

  1. commotion;racket (noisy situation)

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*hwō.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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hu

  1. how

Conjunction

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hu

  1. how

Synonyms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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hu

  1. hoot(cry made by an owl)

Sumerian

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Romanization

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hu

  1. Romanization of𒄷(ḫu)

White Hmong

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Etymology

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Probablyborrowed fromChinese(to exhale; to shout, call).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hu

  1. tocall
    Hu kuv.Call me.

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979)White Hmong — English Dictionary[12], SEAP Publications,→ISBN.
  1. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Yanomamö

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Noun

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hu

  1. nose

References

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  • Lizot, Jacques (2004)Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ[13] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho,→ISBN

Zou

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Hu.

Etymology

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FromProto-Kuki-Chin*khuu, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*kəw-n/t. Cognates includeChinese(hūn) andBurmeseခိုး(hkui:).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hu

  1. steam

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page40
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