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.

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)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhi.u/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: hi‧u

Noun

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

  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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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. second-person plural of hug
    to you

Sundanese

Romanization

hiu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮤᮅ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

hiu

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

Derived terms
Derived terms
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