hú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"
Dakota
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhuː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -huː
Interjection
hú
- wow! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)
- 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!
- Hát még meg a varjúk!… hú, azok voltak ám!
- 1845, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant), epic, part 20, translated by John Ridland:
- whoo (the expression of delight)
References
- 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “hú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Lakota
Noun
hú
- leg
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- hu (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Romanization
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- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湖.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糊.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝴.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乎.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喖.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘝.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囫.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壺/壶, 壶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媩.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抇.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搰.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斛.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 核.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槲.
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- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀫.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焀.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猢.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑚.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 絗.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葫.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔛.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虖/呼.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衚/胡.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醐.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈴/铃.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餬/糊.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬍/胡.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魱/𱇓.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰗/𬶞.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠/𱉗.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵠/鹄, 鹄.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶘/鹕, 鶦/𫛷, 鹕.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶲/鹟.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹗.
Tlingit
Vietnamese
FWOTD – 17 December 2020
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hu˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hʊw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hʊw˦˥]
Verb
hú • (觳)
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