húi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hui"

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huɪ⁵⁵/

Verb

húi

  1. (Patsho) To collect something from someone.

Noun

húi

  1. (Patsho) A temporary access structure affixed to something else.
  2. (Patsho) A feudal due rendered to the estate holder in the form of property or goods to show honour.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

húi

  1. (hair) to cut, to crop
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Một người đứng tuổi hơn cả, đầu húi cao, những ngọn tóc loè xoè phủ xuống vầng trán đã có nhiều nếp nhăn, đang nói cái gì nghe chậm rãi như đọc kinh.
      Someone, older than the others, hair cropped short, locks hanging over his wrinkled forehead, was saying something very slowly as if reading scripture.
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