heu

See also: Heu and HEU

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /eu̯/, [e̞u̯]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /heu̯/, [ɦe̞u̯]

Pronoun

heu

  1. (emphatic, informal, familiar) Second-person singular personal pronoun; you

Usage notes

See usage notes at neu and hi.

Declension


Catalan

Verb

heu

  1. second-person plural present indicative form of haver
  2. third-person singular present indicative form of heure
  3. second-person singular imperative form of heure

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʰø/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

heu m (plural heux)

  1. (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y/

Participle

heu (feminine heue, masculine plural heus, feminine plural heues)

  1. (obsolete) past participle of havoir

Interjection

heu

  1. Alternative spelling of euh

Further reading

Anagrams


Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheu̯/, [ˈhɛw]

Noun

heu

  1. down, fuzz
  2. fine spines in sugarcane or cactus
  3. bristle

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “heu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 67

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

heu

  1. oh! alas! ah!, ay! (expressing dismay, grief, pain, indignation)
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.465:
      heu ubi Mārs pater est?’
      Alas! Where is Mars, my father?”
      (The ghost of Remus laments his fate; Mars was the divine father of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.)
    • heu hercle mulier, multum et audāx et mala·s
      oh blimey, woman, you have as much boldness as evil in you!
    • heu mē miseram, interiī!
      oh poor me, I'm done for!

Usage notes

Used parenthetically or with an exclamative accusative to expresses a stronger emotion. Unlike vae, does not form expressions with the dative (although some Medieval texts and codices display this).


Maori

Noun

heu

  1. razor

Adjective

heu

  1. overgrown

Middle English

Pronoun

heu

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of yow

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English hoy, Dutch hui, German Heu.

Noun

heu m (plural heus)

  1. (Jersey) hoy

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xiəwᴬ (green). Cognate with Thai เขียว (kǐao), Lao ຂຽວ (khiāu), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪫ, Shan ၶဵဝ် (khǎeo), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜈𑜫 (khiw).

Pronunciation

Adjective

heu (Sawndip forms 𫇯 or 𮧃 or 𬰗 or or ⿳吅且吅 or or ⿺色丢 or ⿺色求 or ⿺色青 or 𬮬 or ⿵门清 or 𬁷 or ⿰告青 or ⿰虫好 or or ⿰青刁 or ⿵门号, 1957–1982 spelling heu)

  1. green
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