hú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"

Dakota

Noun

hú

  1. bone

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuː]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -huː

Interjection

hú

  1. wow! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)
    Synonyms: ejha, hűha, hű, tyűha, tyű, húha, azt a mindenit
    • 1845, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant), epic, part 20, translated by John Ridland:
      Hát még meg a varjúk!… hú, azok voltak ám!
      Not to mention the crows!… What a sight to be seen!
  2. whoo (the expression of delight)

References

  1. hú in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • hú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

hú!

  1. hoo!
  2. boohoo!

Further reading

Lakota

Noun

hú

  1. leg

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • hu – nonstandard

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Romanization

hú (hu2, Zhuyin ㄏㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狐
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弧
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胡
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湖
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糊
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝴
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喖
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘝
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囫
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壺/壶
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媩
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抇
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搰
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斛
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 核
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楜
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槲
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汩
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀫
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焀
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煳
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猢
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑚
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓠
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓳
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箶
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絗
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縠
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葫
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔛
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虖/呼
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螜
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衚/胡
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觳
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醐
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈴/铃
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍸/𲈋
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頶
  41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餬/糊
  42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬍/胡
  43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魱/𱇓
  44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰗/𬶞
  45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠/𱉗
  46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵠/鹄
  47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶘/鹕, 鶦/𫛷, 鹕
  48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶲/鹟
  49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹗

Tlingit

Pronoun

hú

  1. third-person singular personal pronoun: he, she, it

See also

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 17 December 2020

Pronunciation

Verb

hú • (觳)

  1. to howl
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Không ai nghe tiếng tôi hú gọi cả.
      No-one heard me howling and shouting at all.
  2. (colloquial) to call for
    Có gì thì cứ hú tao nha bây.
    If anything turns up, just call me.

Derived terms

Derived terms
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