hiu

See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the h- conjugations come from Latin fīō (become). Compare Romanian fi.

Verb

hiu first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative easti, past participle futã)

  1. to be

Conjugation

past participle futã
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
mine / mini tine / tini nãs, nãsã / nãsa noi voi nãsh, nãse / nãsi, elj
present hiu, escu hii, eshti / esci easti / easte / easci him / himu hits / hitsã suntu / sun

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu. Cognate with Maori whiu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhi̯u/, [ˈhju]

Verb

hiu

  1. to throw or fling violently, haul energetically with ropes
    Hiu nō au ā naʻu ʻoe.
    I'll sweep you off your feet.
  2. get into action (as with play or sport)
  3. to pursue with energy (as with love-making)

Derived terms

  • hiuhiu

Further reading

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hiu – see (“to rest; to relax; joyous; happy; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hiu (Standard yu), from Proto-Malayic *hiu(ʔ), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhiu̯/ [ˈhiu̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u̯
  • Syllabification: hi‧u

Noun

hiu (plural hiu-hiu)

  1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Alternative forms

  • yu (nonstandard)

Derived terms

  • hiu berjalan
  • hiu berui
  • hiu biru
  • hiu botol
  • hiu galei
  • hiu gergaji
  • hiu hidung
  • hiu kepala martil
  • hiu parang
  • hiu raksasa

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hiu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiw/ [ˈhiw]

Noun

hiu (Jawi spelling هيو, plural hiu-hiu)

  1. obsolete form of yu

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hiu

Manx

Pronoun

hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

  1. second-person plural of hug
    to you

Old English

Pronoun

hīu (f) (Northumbrian)

  1. alternative form of hēo

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (this, this one). Akin to Old English hēo.

Pronoun

hiū f (accusative hiā, genitive hiāre, dative hiāre)

  1. she
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik mīn
2nd person thū thī thī thīn
3rd
person
m hine him sīn
f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
n hit hit him sīn
plural 1st person ūs ūs ūser
2nd person , , jūwer
3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: jo, ju
  • West Frisian: so, sy, se

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

hiu (Sundanese script ᮠᮤᮅ)

  1. shark
    Synonym: cucut

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

hiu

  1. (of wind, usually in the reduplicated form hiu hiu) gently, caressingly

Derived terms