Abbreviation ofEnglish Hu li
hui
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forHuli . Borrowed fromMāori hui
hui (plural hui or huis
( New Zealand ) Māori social gathering orassembly .1962 Education , volume11 , page56 :[ …] huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs[ …]
1983 Keri Hulme ,The Bone People , Penguin, published1986 , page229 :“I even started training as a seminarian. It lasted till I met Hana at an interchurchhui .”
2003 Michael King ,The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand , Penguin, published2023 , page33 :[T]ribal leaders[ …] hui in 1950 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Great Fleet, which by this time had grown to nine canoes.
( New Zealand , by extension) meeting todiscuss plans held by anorganization , especially one that considers itselfprogressive .2023 Birnam Wood , page154 :Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at thehui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, which would imply that he was living somewhere else.
An-hui ( etymologically unrelated ) Inherited fromOld Catalan hui Latin hodiē hōc diē ( literally“ on this day ” ) .
hui
Valencia form ofavui ( “ today ” ) ( other dialects ) archaic form ofavui “avui” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.FromMiddle Dutch hoey Proto-West Germanic *hwaij ( “ whey ” ) .
hui f uncountable nodiminutive )
( dated , dialectal ) whey [First attested in the late 15th century.] Synonyms: wei melkwei Hui is een bijproduct van het maken van kaas.Whey is a side product of cheese production.1612 Kluchten , page108 :Wy aten een potje karmelck …, en droncken een toochjehuy … We ate a jar of buttermilk porridge…, and drank a swig ofwhey … 1811 , Johannes le Francq van Berkhey,Natuurlyke historie van Holland , vol. 9, publ. P. H. Trap, page 453.De melk wordt … verwerkt tot boter, kaas, karnemelk enhui …, The milk is … processed into butter, cheese, buttermilk andwhey …, FromProto-Finnic *hoi *hui Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje *šuje Finnish hui ( “ spool ” )
hui (genitive hui partitive huid
( uncommon ) needle Synonyms: piirits ui FromRussian хуй ( xuj ) .
hui
( vulgar , slang ) Expresses surprise, astonishment, or disbelief at the statement Hui sa tead teda.The hell you know him.2025 October 7, @j22tis,Twitter [2] 1 November 2025 :Vihkan kogu hingest neid fuckass pakendeid mis on nagu ööö ➡️ ava ➡️ siit ↩️ ja ss te ei kujuta ette mida ta teeb (tahui avaneb sealt) Hate with all my heart those fuckass packages that are like ooh ➡️ open ➡️ here ↩️ and then you won't believe what it does (the hell it opens there) hui (genitive hui partitive huid
( vulgar , slang ) cock ,dick ,penis Synonyms: türa munn IPA (key ) : /ˈhui̯/ ,[ˈhui̯] Rhymes:-ui Syllabification(key ) :hui Hyphenation(key ) :hui Related toKarelian hui onomatopoeic , but may also be borrowed. CompareSwedish huj German hui
hui
oh !( an exclamation when scared or startled ) FromProto-Finnic *hoi ~ *hui Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje ~ *šuje
hui ( dialectal , obsolete , Satakunta , Tavastia )
spool ,bobbin Inherited fromOld French hui Latin hodiē hōc ( “ this ” ) +diē
Cognate withOccitan uòi uèi Catalan hui avui Galician hoxe Spanish hoy Portuguese hoje Italian oggi
hui
( archaic except in the compoundaujourd'hui ) today hui
an exclamation ofpleasant surprise “hui ” inDuden online “hui ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache FromProto-Oceanic *pui₁ ( “ fruit bunch ” ) (compare withMāori hui ( “ flock, herd, congregation ” ) andTahitian hui ( “ group ” ) plusMāori huihui ( “ group, assembly ” ) andTahitian huihui ( “ collection ” ) ).[ 1] [ 2] Doublet ofhuihui
hui
club ,organization company ,firm combination cluster ,bunch (of fruit)Synonym: ʻāhui ( music ) chorus ( refrain ) ( mathematics ) plus sign hui
( intransitive ) meet A hui hou ,mālama pono .Until wemeet again, take good care. ( intransitive ) unite ,join ( intransitive ) combine ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “kaa-fui ”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume50 , number 2, pages551-559 ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986 ), “hui”, inHawaiian Dictionary , revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press,→ISBN 86 hui
plural ofhuo hui
ho !,my word !( expressing surprise ) ooh !,aah !( expressing admiration ) “hui Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “hui Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers “hui ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. hui inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700 [4] hui
nonstandard spelling ofhuī nonstandard spelling ofhuí nonstandard spelling ofhuǐ nonstandard spelling ofhuì 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.FromProto-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic *pui₁ ( “ bunch of fruit ” ) (compare withHawaiian hui ( “ troupe, association, society, club ” ) andTahitian hui ( “ group ” ) plusHawaiian huihui ( “ cluster, collection, bunch ” ) andTahitian huihui ( “ collection ” ) ).[ 1] [ 2] Doublet ofhuihui
hui
togather ,congregate ,assemble ,meet hui
gathering ,meeting ,assembly ,seminar ,conference ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “kaa-fui ”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume50 , number 2, pages551-559 ^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ),Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] 91 “hui ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN hui
alternative form ofhe ( “ they ” ) FromProto-Polynesian *hui Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi ( “ thorn, splinter, fish bone ” ) , fromProto-Austronesian *duʀi ( “ thorn ” ) .
hui
bone “hui ” inTohi Vagahau Niuē (Niuean Language Dictionary) . hui
very Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008 ),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages [5] hui
( Western ) help Synonym: huli (Can wedate this quote?) , “-‡hinisi he hui a huniki n//n‡e ng radiostasiesi ng jha kama COVID 19 pandemiesi ng kxu'tjie he kwai”, inCultural Survival [6] Hui n//n‡e ni ‡xhoa ng n//n‡e huniki //xa//xa kxu'tjie ng COVID 19 ‡xhoa n//aHui nǁng ǂe ni ǂxoa ng nǁng ǂe huniki ǁxaǁxa kxʼuki ng COVID 19 ǂxoa nǁa(pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary. FromLatin hodiē
hui m
today Middle French:hui ⇒ French:d' hui ( in fixed expressions ) ,aujourd'hui see there for further descendants ) Walloon:ouy IPA (key ) : /ˈw̝i/ [ˈw̝i] IPA (key ) : /uˈi/ [uˈi] Syllabification:hui hui
inflection ofhuir first-person singular preterite indicative second-person singular voseo imperative (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
-hui (infinitive kuhui
torevive Conjugation of-hui Positive present -na Subjunctive -hui Negative -hui Imperative singular hui
Infinitives Imperatives Tensed forms Habitual huhui Positive past positive subject concord + -li Negative past negative subject concord + -ku
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na Singular Plural 1st person ni na tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -na
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hui Singular Plural 1st person si hatu 2nd person hu ham 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha hawa other classes negative subject concord + -hui
Positive future positive subject concord + -ta Negative future negative subject concord + -ta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hui Singular Plural 1st person ni tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -hui
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali
Perfect positive subject concord + -me "Already" positive subject concord + -mesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja "If/When" positive subject concord + -ki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipo Consecutive kahui positive subject concord + -ka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
FromProto-Polynesian *hui Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi ( “ thorn, splinter, fish bone ” ) , fromProto-Austronesian *duʀi ( “ thorn ” ) .
hui
bone needle hand (of clock)Churchward, C. Maxwell (1959 ),Tongan dictionary: Tongan-English and English-Tongan ,→OCLC 234 
