hū

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuː/

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

hū

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

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

hū

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

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

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／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!

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū
  • Tâi-lô: hū
  • Phofsit Daibuun: hu
  • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /hu³³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³/
• Rhymes: -u

1. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 負／负
2. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 附
3. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 腐 (colloquial)
4. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 父
5. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 婦／妇, 媍 (literary)
6. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 傅 (literary)
7. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 賻／赙
8. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 駙／驸
9. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鮒／鲋
10. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 阜, 阝
11. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 祔
12. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 跗
13. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蚹
14. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 柎
15. Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 偩／𰁾

• William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Min Nan), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 227.
• “Query for hú”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

• IPA^(key): [ɦ̃ũ˧˩]
• Hyphenation: hū

hū

1. hair

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