hu
See also: Variations of "hu"
hu - Translingual
Symbol
hu
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hungarian.
hu - English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene, nonstandard)
- (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
- (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- huself
Anagrams
hu - Abau
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hu/
Noun
hu
hu - Akan
Pronunciation
- Tone: L
Verb
hu
hu - Albanian
Alternative forms
Noun
hu m (indefinite plural hunj, definite singular huri, definite plural hunjtë)
Related terms
hu - Chamorro
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hu/
Pronoun
hu
Usage notes
- hu is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while yoʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.
hu - Chibcha
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hu/
Noun
hu
- Alternative form of bhu
hu - Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhuˀ]
Noun
hu c (singular definite huen, not used in plural form)
Derived terms
- hukommelse
- husvale
- ihukomme
- komme i hu
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhuˀ]
Verb
hu
- imperative of hue
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhuː]
Interjection
hu
hu - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: [hu]
- Hyphenation: hu
Interjection
hu
hu - German
Interjection
hu
- an exclamation of feeling cold
hu - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhu]
Interjection
hu
hu - Kriol
Pronoun
hu
- (interrogative) who
hu - Lower Sorbian
Preposition
hu (with genitive)
- Obsolete spelling of wu
hu - Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /u/ (between consonants)
- IPA: /w/ (before or after a vowel)
- IPA: /uː/ (when strongly stressed)
- Homophone: u
Pronoun
hu
- Alternative form of huwa
Inflection
Inflected forms of hu | |
---|---|
positive | huwa, hu |
negative | mhuwiex, mhux |
possessive pronoun | tiegħu |
basic suffix | -u, -h |
direct object suffix | -u, -h |
indirect object suffix | -lu |
hu - Mandarin
Romanization
hu
- Nonstandard spelling of hū.
- Nonstandard spelling of hú.
- Nonstandard spelling of hǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of hù.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
hu - Middle Dutch
Determiner
hu
- Alternative spelling of u
Pronoun
hu
hu - Middle English
Pronoun
hu
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
hu - Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Pronoun
hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)
hu - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronoun
hu
- (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of ho (“she”)
Interjection
hu
- Used to express discomfort.
- boo hoo
- hoot
hu - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /xuː/, [huː]
Adverb
hū
- how, in all senses, including:
- to what degree
- Hū eald is þīn dohtor?
- How old is your daughter?
- Hū miċel gold hæfst þū on þē?
- How much gold do you have on you?
- in what manner
- Hū sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?
- How do you say that in English?
- Hū færest þū?
- How are you? (Literally: "How are you faring?")
- in what state
- Hū wæs þīn dæġ?
- How was your day?
- Þū canst Ælfrēd cyning? Hū is hē?
- You know King Alfred? What is he like?
- used in exclamations
- used to introduce negative rhetorical questions
- to what degree
Descendants
Conjunction
hū
- how, in all senses:
- in what manner
- Iċ leornode hū man wæġn ġebētt.
- I learned how to repair a wagon.
- Hīe āscodon hū hīe helpan meahten.
- They asked how they could help.
- that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)
- Iċ him sæġde hū iċ wǣre æt hām ealne dæġ and ne ġehīerde nāwiht.
- I told them how I'd been at home all day and hadn't heard a thing.
- Þæt is tō wundriġenne hū hīe þā bryċġe swā hrædlīċe ġefyldon.
- It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.
- in what manner
Descendants
hu - Old French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hy/
Interjection
hu
- a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something
Noun
hu m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)
hu - Old Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA: /huː/
Adverb
hu
Conjunction
hu
Synonyms
hu - Romanian
Interjection
hu
- hoot (cry made by an owl)
hu - Sumerian
Romanization
hu
- Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)
hu - Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hu˧/
Noun
hu