hum

Translingual

Symbol

humCategory:Translingual lemmas#HUMCategory:Translingual symbols#HUMCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#HUMCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Hungana.

See also

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HUMCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HUM hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitativeCategory:English onomatopoeias#HUM origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

hum (plural hums)Category:English lemmas#HUMCategory:English nouns#HUMCategory:English countable nouns#HUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
    They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUM
  3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
  4. (UKCategory:British English#HUM, slangCategory:English slang#HUM) Unpleasant odour.
  5. (datedCategory:English dated terms#HUM) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
  6. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#HUM) A kind of strong drink.
  7. (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
    • 2011 June 13, “Who, What, Why: Why is 'the hum' such a mystery?”, in BBC News‎:
      There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
      Category:English terms with quotations#HUM
Derived terms
Translations
See also

The Hum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

hum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)Category:English lemmas#HUMCategory:English verbs#HUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HUM) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
    Synonym: croon
    We are humming happily along with the music.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUM
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HUM) To express by humming.
    Synonyms: buzz, croon; see also Thesaurus:hum
    to hum a tuneCategory:English terms with usage examples#HUM
    The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUM
  3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HUM) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
    Synonyms: bumble, buzz, whirr
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
      The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.
      Category:English terms with quotations#HUM
    • 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:
      A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
      Category:English terms with quotations#HUM
  4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HUM) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
    Synonyms: bustle, buzz, hustle
    The streets were humming with activity.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUM
  5. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HUM) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
  6. (BritishCategory:British English#HUM, slangCategory:English slang#HUM) To reek, smell bad.
    Synonyms: funk, stink; see also Thesaurus:reek
    This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?Category:English terms with usage examples#HUM
  7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HUM, UKCategory:British English#HUM, datedCategory:English dated terms#HUM, slangCategory:English slang#HUM) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
    Synonyms: blandish, inveigle, sweet-talk; see also Thesaurus:coax
Derived terms
Translations

Interjection

humCategory:English lemmas#HUMCategory:English interjections#HUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
  2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
Derived terms

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing "hum"

Etymology 2

Borrowed from HokkienCategory:English terms borrowed from Hokkien#HUMCategory:English terms derived from Hokkien#HUM 蚶 (ham).

Pronunciation

Noun

hum (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#HUMCategory:English nouns#HUMCategory:English uncountable nouns#HUMCategory:English uncountable nouns#HUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#HUM, MalaysiaCategory:Malaysian English#HUM, SingaporeCategory:Singapore English#HUM) Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).

Anagrams

Category:en:Animal sounds#HUMCategory:en:Sounds#HUM Category:English filled pauses#HUM

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: M

Predicate

humCategory:Akan lemmas#HUMCategory:Akan entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. An identity for a "nom-int-txt" code: a wilde wish.
    hum ɔkɔ - a life cycle

Albanian

Etymology

UnknownCategory:Albanian terms with unknown etymologies#HUM. Maybe from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HUM *skew- (“to cover, conceal”)Category:Albanian undefined derivations#HUM.

Noun

hum m (plural humi, definite huma)Category:Albanian lemmas#HUMCategory:Albanian nouns#HUMCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Albanian masculine nouns#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. rough sea

Bahnar

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-BahnaricCategory:Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Bahnaric#HUMCategory:Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Bahnaric#HUM *huːm ~ hoːm, from Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer#HUMCategory:Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#HUM *huum ~ *ʔum. Cognate with Sedang huam, Cua tahoːp, Pacoh houm, Puoc ʔuːm, Nyah Kur hóom. Probably also related to the forms with initial *s-, such as Khasi sum and Hu θúm.

Pronunciation

Verb

humCategory:Bahnar lemmas#HUMCategory:Bahnar verbs#HUMCategory:Bahnar entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. to bathe

Dutch

Etymology 1

jocular abbreviation of humeur (cfr.)

Noun

hum n (plural hummen, diminutive hummetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#HUMCategory:Dutch nouns#HUMCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#HUMCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#HUMCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (good) mood

Etymology 2

OnomatopoeiaCategory:Dutch onomatopoeias#HUM

Alternative forms

Interjection

hum!Category:Dutch lemmas#HUMCategory:Dutch interjections#HUMCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. uttering to attract attention, without literal meaning

French

Etymology

Expressive onomatopoeiaCategory:French onomatopoeias#HUM; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.

Pronunciation

Interjection

humCategory:French lemmas#HUMCategory:French interjections#HUMCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (onomatopoeiaCategory:French onomatopoeias#HUM, colloquialCategory:French colloquialisms#HUM) um..., hm

Further reading

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-MayanCategory:Jakaltek terms inherited from Proto-Mayan#HUMCategory:Jakaltek terms derived from Proto-Mayan#HUM *huuʼng.

Noun

humCategory:Jakaltek lemmas#HUMCategory:Jakaltek nouns#HUMCategory:Jakaltek entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. paper

References

  • Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955), Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎ (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 45; 23

Middle English

Pronoun

humCategory:Middle English alternative forms#HUMCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. alternative form of hem (“them”)

Mizo

Verb

humCategory:Mizo lemmas#HUMCategory:Mizo verbs#HUMCategory:Mizo entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. to protect, shelter

Further reading

Ngamo

Noun

hùmCategory:Ngamo lemmas#HUMCategory:Ngamo nouns#HUMCategory:Ngamo entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. water

References

  • Takács, Gábor (2007), Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Ngamo hùm [Schuh], […]

Palula

Etymology

From PashtoCategory:Palula terms borrowed from Pashto#HUMCategory:Palula terms derived from Pashto#HUM [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Pashto terms#HUM (hum).

Pronunciation

Particle

hum (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling ہُم)Category:Palula lemmas#HUMCategory:Palula particles#HUMCategory:Palula entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. also, as well as

References

  • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “hum”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Numeral

hum m (feminine huma)Category:Portuguese lemmas#HUMCategory:Portuguese numerals#HUMCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUMCategory:Portuguese cardinal numbers#HUM

  1. archaic spelling of umCategory:Portuguese archaic forms#HUM

Usage notes

In Brazil, this spelling is still seen in finance-related slips such as lottery tickets, cheques and receipts, in order to prevent fraud.

Article

hum m (plural huns, feminine huma, feminine plural humas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#HUMCategory:Portuguese articles#HUMCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. obsolete spelling of umCategory:Portuguese obsolete forms#HUM

Interjection

humCategory:Portuguese lemmas#HUMCategory:Portuguese interjections#HUMCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. hmm

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#HUM *xъlmъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

hȗm m inan (Cyrillic spelling ху̑м)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. hillock
    Synonym: brežúljak
  2. barrow, tumulus (mound of earth raised over a grave)
Declension
Declension of hum
singular plural
nominative hȗm húmovi
genitive huma humova
dative humu humovima
accusative hum humove
vocative hume humovi
locative humu humovima
instrumental humom humovima

Further reading

  • “hum”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

UnknownCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with unknown etymologies#HUM.

Noun

hum f (Cyrillic spelling хум)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#HUMCategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun entries#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms with obsolete senses#HUM) arrogance
    Synonym: ȍholōst
Category:sh:Landforms#HUMCategory:sh:Personality#HUM

Spanish

Pronunciation

Interjection

humCategory:Spanish lemmas#HUMCategory:Spanish interjections#HUMCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#HUMCategory:Pages with entries#HUMCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HUM

  1. (datedCategory:Spanish dated terms#HUM) synonym of uf

Further reading

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