heu

From hi (“you”) +‎ hau (“this”).

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heu̯/ [heu̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eu̯/ [eu̯]
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Hyphenation: heu

heu emphatic (non-emphatic form hi)

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

See usage notes at neu (“I myself”) and hi.

• “heu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “heu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈew]

heu

1. inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of heure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ʰø/

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

heu m (plural heux)

1. (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

• IPA^(key): /y/

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

1. (obsolete) past participle of havoir

heu

1. alternative spelling of euh

• “heu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• euh, hue, hué, Hué

• IPA^(key): /ˈheu̯/, [ˈhɛw]

heu

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

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

Expressive. Compare Latin ēheu, English oho.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛːu̯]

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!

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).

• ēheu

From Proto-Polynesian *seu (compare with Tahitian heu, Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Fijian seu (“to scratch, to paw, to scoop”).^[1][2] Doublet of heuheu.

heu (passive heua)

1. to separate, to pull apart or asunder
2. to clear, to remove

• heuheu
• kōheuheu

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

heu

1. razor

heu (passive heua)

1. to shave

   Synonym: waru

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heu

1. overgrown

heu

1. scrub, undergrowth

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “heu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 55-6
• “heu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

heu

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

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

heu m (plural heus)

1. (Jersey) hoy

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

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /heːu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: heu¹
• Hyphenation: heu

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

1. green