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hiu

hiu

See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. I am.

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

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu

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)

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Noun

hiu

  1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Malay

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hiu (Jawi spelling هيو)

  1. Obsolete form of yu.

Manx

Pronoun

hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

  1. 2nd person plural of hug
    to you

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad