hui

See also: Hui, huí, huì, huī, and huǐ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

hui (plural huis)

  1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc + diē (literally on this day), through Vulgar Latin *oie and Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

Adverb

hui

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
  2. (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœy̯/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hui
  • Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

hui f (uncountable)

  1. (dated, dialectal) whey
    Synonym: wei

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ui

Interjection

hui

  1. oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)

French

Etymology

From Old French hui, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē, from hōc (this) + diē.

Cognate with Occitan uòi, uèi, Catalan hui and avui, Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɥi/

Adverb

hui

  1. (obsolete) today

Usage notes


German

Interjection

hui

  1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Further reading

  • hui in Duden online

Hawaiian

Etymology

Noun

hui

  1. club, organization
  2. company, firm
  3. combination
  4. cluster
  5. (music) chorus (refrain)
  6. (mathematics) plus sign

Verb

hui

  1. (intransitive) to meet
  2. (intransitive) to unite, join
  3. (intransitive) to combine

See also


Ido

Noun

hui

  1. plural of huo

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

hui

  1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
  2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

References

  • hui in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hui in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • hui in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Mandarin

Romanization

hui (Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄨㄟ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 𣌭

hui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of huī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of huí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of huì.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

See also

  • -huì

Middle English

Pronoun

hui

  1. Alternative form of he

References


Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhuj/

Adverb

hui

  1. very

Further reading


Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

  1. today

Descendants


Spanish

Verb

hui

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of huir.
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