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hū

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

hū

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

From Proto-Polynesian *fuu. Compare Maori hū.

hū

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

hū

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

hū

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

    hoʻoniniu i ka hū

    to spin a top

hū

  1. gum, especially of the ʻōlapa tree

hū

  1. alternative form 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[1], 2003
  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “FUU.1A”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • hū in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 父 (“father; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 父).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 駙.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 駙).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 鮒 (“carp,”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鮒).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 阝 (“as left radical; as right radical”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 阝).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 祔.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 祔).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 跗.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 跗).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 蚹.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蚹).

For pronunciation and definitions of hū – see 偩.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 偩).

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 / 𮷗
  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!
  • IPA(key): [ɦ̃ũ˧˩]
  • Hyphenation: hū

hū

  1. hair
  • Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎[2], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 141
  • Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎[3], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 129