Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#HU HungarianCategory:Translingual clippings#HU.

Symbol

huCategory:Translingual lemmas#HUCategory:Translingual symbols#HUCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#HUCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1Category:ISO 639-1 language code for Hungarian.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hungarian terms

Etymology

Clipping of humanCategory:English clippings#HU, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).^[1]

Pronunciation

• Homophones: hue, huhCategory:English terms with homophones#HU

Pronoun

hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself)Category:English lemmas#HUCategory:English pronouns#HUCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU (epicene, nonstandardCategory:English nonstandard terms#HU)

1. (neologismCategory:English neologisms#HU) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 2002 January 3, Bryan T. McMahon, quoting Sasha Newborn, “A terrible book”, in The Ponchatoula Times‎, page 7:

     Hu is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in hus solutions of each and all a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension preternatural.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

   • 2003 October 14, Mikhail Epstein, “"Hu," from "human," as a gender-neutral pronoun”, in alt.english.usage‎ (Usenet), message-ID <f732cdb7.0310141153.6c715df8@posting.google.com>:

     When the lecturer arrives, hu will be speaking on the topic of anonymity.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

   • 2007 November 29, Mikhail Epstein, “hu”, in International Society for Universal Dialog‎, archived from the original on 2 January 2012:

     It's the vice-president's job to support the president and take hus place when hu is away.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

   • 2008 March, Christoph Hitz, “Hu, Me?”, in Mother Jones‎, →ISSN:

     Maybe, but if his/herstory's any guide, hu has hu work cut out for hu.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

2. (neologismCategory:English neologisms#HU) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
   • 2006, Perry Anderson with Glenn Burgess, edited by D. N. DeLuna, The Political Imagination in History: Essays Concerning J.G.A. Pocock‎, Owlworks, →ISBN, page 175:

     One of his favorite metaphors for the historian, drawn from the "Preface" to Hegel's Philosophy of Right, likens hu to the owl of Minerva, whose flight at dusk provided the setting for mature reflection on the day that had passed.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

3. (neologismCategory:English neologisms#HU) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
   • 2006 October 1, “He said, she said, hu said”, in Los Angeles Times‎:

     Now, however, the editorial writer has a new weapon in hu arsenal.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

   • 2006 November 17, Rob Kyff, “Hu Joins Heesh As Neutral Pronoun”, in Hartford Courant‎, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     If hu doesn't do hu homework, I will fail hu.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HU

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

References

Anagrams

• uh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu/Category:Abau terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Noun

huCategory:Abau lemmas#HUCategory:Abau nouns#HUCategory:Abau entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU class II gender m

1. water

References

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

Etymology

Possible Austroasiatic origin. Compare with BahnarCategory:Acehnese terms derived from Bahnar#HU huur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu/Category:Acehnese terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Verb

huCategory:Acehnese lemmas#HUCategory:Acehnese verbs#HUCategory:Acehnese entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. to light up or burn

   Apui ka hu.

   The fire has been lit

   Category:Acehnese terms with usage examples#HU

2. (figurative) to feel your heart burning; as in due to anger or eating something spicy.

Verb

hu (Kana spelling フ)Category:Ainu lemmas#HUCategory:Ainu verbs#HUCategory:Ainu terms with redundant script codes#HUCategory:Ainu entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. to be raw, uncooked
   • フ 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 eaten raw food

     Category:Ainu terms with quotations#HU
   • ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ^[2]

     nea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=kore

     I also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.

     Category:Ainu terms with quotations#HU

References

• John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 133, available online here

Pronunciation

• Tone: L^[1]

Verb

huCategory:Akan lemmas#HUCategory:Akan verbs#HUCategory:Akan entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. to see
2. to discern, to descry, to find

References

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “hũ”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, pages 192–193

Alternative forms

• Gheg: hû
  • indef. sg. huni
  • def. pl. hûj

Etymology

From Proto-AlbanianCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian#HUCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian#HU *skuna < *skuja + *-na, from Proto-Indo-European *skuy-os < *skwey-.

Compare Norwegian/Faroese skon (“snout”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HU *skewd-.^[1] More at hedh. For the 4th meaning, compare also Proto-Slavic *xȗjь.

Noun

hu m (plural hunj, definite huri, definite plural hunjtë)Category:Albanian lemmas#HUCategory:Albanian nouns#HUCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Albanian masculine nouns#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. wooden post, fencepost
2. stake, picket
3. pole, stilt
4. (colloquialCategory:Albanian colloquialisms#HU) penis

References

Alternative forms

• huu, hü

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English terms derived from English#HU who.

Pronoun

huCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lemmas#HUCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English pronouns#HUCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. who

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Australian Kriol terms derived from English#HU who.

Pronoun

huCategory:Australian Kriol lemmas#HUCategory:Australian Kriol pronouns#HUCategory:Australian Kriol entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. (interrogative) who

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/Category:Central Mazahua terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Letter

hu (upper case Hu)Category:Central Mazahua lemmas#HUCategory:Central Mazahua letters#HUCategory:Central Mazahua entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Chamorro terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HUCategory:Chamorro terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HU *(i-)aku, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Chamorro terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#HUCategory:Chamorro terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#HU *(i-)aku. Cognates include Javanese aku and Indonesian aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu/Category:Chamorro terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Pronoun

huCategory:Chamorro lemmas#HUCategory:Chamorro pronouns#HUCategory:Chamorro personal pronouns#HUCategory:Chamorro entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. I

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu/Category:Chibcha terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Noun

huCategory:Chibcha lemmas#HUCategory:Chibcha nouns#HUCategory:Chibcha entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. alternative form of bhu

References

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

Etymology 1

From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#HUCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#HU hugr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HUCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HU *hugiz.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦy/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#HU

Interjection

huCategory:Dutch lemmas#HUCategory:Dutch interjections#HUCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. brr (an expression of cold, fear or disgust, as if shuddering)

   Synonym: brr

   Hu, wat een engerd! ― Brr, what a creep!Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#HU

2. giddyup (exclamation to urge on an animal)

   Synonym: hortsik

Etymology

From GermanCategory:Esperanto terms borrowed from German#HUCategory:Esperanto terms derived from German#HU hu, YiddishCategory:Esperanto terms borrowed from Yiddish#HUCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Yiddish#HU הו (hu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu/Category:Esperanto 1-syllable words#HUCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#HU
• Rhymes: -uCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/u#HUCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/u/1 syllable#HU
• Syllabification: hu

Interjection

huCategory:Esperanto lemmas#HUCategory:Esperanto interjections#HUCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. oh, ooh, oof, wow (indicating surprise or another strong emotion)

   Hu...mi kredis, ke tio ne veris.

   Oh...I thought that wasn't true.

   Category:Esperanto terms with usage examples#HU

Further reading

• “hu”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “hu”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Interjection

huCategory:German lemmas#HUCategory:German interjections#HUCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

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

Further reading

• “hu” in Duden online
• “hu”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎ (in German)

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhu]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#HU
• Rhymes: -huCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/hu#HUCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/hu/1 syllable#HU

Interjection

huCategory:Hungarian lemmas#HUCategory:Hungarian interjections#HUCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#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!Category:Hungarian terms with usage examples#HU

3. ugh (used to express repugnance, disgust)
4. hoot (cry of an owl; see huhog)

Further reading

• (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.

Romanization

huCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#HUCategory:Japanese romanizations#HUCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#HUCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. The katakana syllable ホゥ (hu) in Hepburn romanization.

Preposition

huCategory:Lower Sorbian lemmas#HUCategory:Lower Sorbian prepositions#HUCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU [with genitive]

1. obsolete spelling of wuCategory:Lower Sorbian obsolete forms#HU

Etymology

From ArabicCategory:Maltese terms inherited from Arabic#HUCategory:Maltese terms derived from Arabic#HU هُوَ (huwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/Category:Maltese 1-syllable words#HUCategory:Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation#HU (between consonants)
• IPA^(key): /w/Category:Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation#HU (before or after a vowel)
• IPA^(key): /uː/Category:Maltese 1-syllable words#HUCategory:Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation#HU (when strongly stressed)
• Homophone: uCategory:Maltese terms with homophones#HU
• Rhymes: -u, -uː, -wCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/u#HUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/u/1 syllable#HUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/uː#HUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/uː/1 syllable#HUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/w#HUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/w/1 syllable#HU

Pronoun

huCategory:Maltese lemmas#HUCategory:Maltese pronouns#HUCategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. alternative form of huwa

Romanization

huCategory:Hanyu Pinyin#HU0Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms#HU0Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes#HU0Category:Mandarin entries with incorrect language header#HU0Category:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. nonstandard spelling of hūCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#HU0
2. nonstandard spelling of húCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#HU0
3. nonstandard spelling of hǔCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#HU0
4. nonstandard spelling of hùCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#HU0

Determiner

huCategory:Middle Dutch non-lemma forms#HUCategory:Middle Dutch determiner forms#HUCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. alternative spelling of u

Pronoun

huCategory:Middle Dutch non-lemma forms#HUCategory:Middle Dutch pronoun forms#HUCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi

Pronoun

huCategory:Middle English alternative forms#HUCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. alternative form of heo (“she”)

Alternative forms

• hun

Pronoun

hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#HUCategory:Norwegian Bokmål pronouns#HUCategory:Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns#HUCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

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

Etymology 1

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#HUCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#HU hon.

Etymology 2

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#HUCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#HU hú, originally onomatopoeicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk onomatopoeias#HU.

References

• “hu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• hwu

Etymology

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HUCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HU *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː/, [huː]Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#HU
• Rhymes: -uːCategory:Rhymes:Old English/uː#HUCategory:Rhymes:Old English/uː/1 syllable#HU

Adverb

hūCategory:Old English lemmas#HUCategory:Old English adverbs#HUCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. how, in all senses, including:
   1. to what degree
      • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

        Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?

        How about food? How much dost thou desire that?

        Category:Old English terms with quotations#HU

   2. in what manner
   3. in what state
2. used in exclamations
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ēalā hū gōd mann!

     Oh, what a good person!

     Category:Old English terms with quotations#HU

3. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Hū, ne eart þū sē mann þe on mīnre scōle wǣre āfēded and ġelǣred?

     Aren't you the person who was raised and taught in my school?

     Category:Old English terms with quotations#HU

Conjunction

hūCategory:Old English lemmas#HUCategory:Old English conjunctions#HUCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. how, in all senses:
   1. in what manner
   2. that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)

Alternative forms

• heu
• hue
• hui
• huy

Etymology

OnomatopoeicCategory:Old French onomatopoeias#HU.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hy/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Interjection

huCategory:Old French lemmas#HUCategory:Old French interjections#HUCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something

Noun

hu oblique singular, m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)Category:Old French lemmas#HUCategory:Old French nouns#HUCategory:Old French masculine nouns#HUCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Old French masculine nouns#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. commotion; racket (noisy situation)

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “hu”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• hu on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Etymology

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HUCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HU *hwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huː/Category:Old Saxon terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Adverb

hūCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#HUCategory:Old Saxon adverbs#HUCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. how

Conjunction

hūCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#HUCategory:Old Saxon conjunctions#HUCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. how

Etymology

OnomatopoeicCategory:Romanian onomatopoeias#HU.

Interjection

huCategory:Romanian lemmas#HUCategory:Romanian interjections#HUCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

Romanization

huCategory:Sumerian non-lemma forms#HUCategory:Sumerian romanizations#HUCategory:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from ChineseCategory:White Hmong terms borrowed from Chinese#HUCategory:White Hmong terms derived from Chinese#HU 呼 (“to exhale; to shout, call”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu˧/Category:White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation#HU

Verb

huCategory:White Hmong lemmas#HUCategory:White Hmong verbs#HUCategory:White Hmong entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. to call

   Hu kuv. ― Call me.Category:White Hmong terms with usage examples#HU

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

Noun

huCategory:Yanomamö lemmas#HUCategory:Yanomamö nouns#HUCategory:Yanomamö entries with incorrect language header#HUCategory:Pages with entries#HUCategory:Pages with 33 entries#HU

1. nose

References

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Zou entries#HU

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-ChinCategory:Zou terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin#HUCategory:Zou terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin#HU *huʔ.

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 43; 84
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 97