hū

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hū

1. (intransitive) to rise, swell, inflate
2. to leaven, (by extension) to ferment
3. to surge, boil, flow, overflow

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hū

1. to depart, stray off course; to miss (the way)

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hū

1. to make a noise, roar, grunt
2. to call (out to), cooey
3. to hum, whistle

• manu hū (“hummingbird”)

hū

1. roar! (onomatopoeia)
2. huh!, ah!, wow! (expression of surprise or interest)

hū

1. a spinning top (i.e. “humming top”)

   Ho ʻoniniu i ka hū — To spin a top

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hū

1. gum, especially of the ʻōlapa tree

hū

1. (variant of hui, “to unite, join”)

hū

1. commoners, populace, citizenry

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957), “hū”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎, 2003

• hu – nonstandard

hū (hu¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄨ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乎
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匢
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匫
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呼
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唿
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啒
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘑／呼
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垀
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寣
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峘
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幠／𭘓
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忽
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戈
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戮
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戰／战
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抚
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撪
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 昒
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曶
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欻
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歑
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泘
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淴
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滹
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烀
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烼
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糆
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膲
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芋
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芰
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苸
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虍
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虖／呼
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謼／呼
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軚
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軤／轷
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轷
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雐

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?]. Cognate with Hawaiian hū.

hū

1. to make a loud noise
2. to call (out to), signal, cooey

hū

1. (onomatopoeia) boom!