hiu

• escu

From Latin fiō, in part, and conjugation with forms of sum. See escu.

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

1. I am.

• hiri/hire
• fut
• hiintsã

From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu

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)

From Malay hiu, from Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

hiu (plural hiu-hiu, first-person possessive hiuku, second-person possessive hiumu, third-person possessive hiunya)

1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

• yu
• يو‎
• هيو‎

From Proto-Malayic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiu, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hiu (compare Javanese ꦲꦶꦪꦸ (iyu)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu (compare Fijian qio), from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

• IPA^(key): /hiu/
• Rhymes: -iu, -ju, -u

hiu (Jawi spelling هيو)

1. Obsolete form of yu.

hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

1. 2nd person plural of hug

   to you

hiu

1. Romanization of ᮠᮤᮅ

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]

hiu

1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

hiu

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