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huru
huru
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuru/
Noun
huru
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu; compare Indonesian bulu.
Noun
huru (used in the reduplicated form huruhuru)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Adverb
huru
- especially, particularly; much less; ~ and ~, ~ thinge, especially
- at least; in any case
- 1175, The Holy Rood:
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Ðe leᵹ wæs huru feowertiᵹ fæðmæ heh.
- The glade was at least 40 fathoms.
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Ðe leᵹ wæs huru feowertiᵹ fæðmæ heh.
-
- truly, certainly, indeed
- even
Old English
Pronunciation
Adverb
hūru
- anyway, at any rate, in any case
- certainly, at least, indeed
- hūru fīftēne mīla brād ― at least fifteen miles broad
- ne hūru on hǣðene lēode ― certainly not to a heathen nation
- yet, however
- especially
- Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.
- It is good for all, and especially for deep wounds.
- Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.
Related terms
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ħər (“free”).
Adjective
huru (invariable)