hui
See also: Hui, huí, huì, huī, and huǐ
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori hui.
Pronunciation
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhʉː.iː/, [hʉ.i(ː)]
Noun
hui (plural hui or huis)
- (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
- 1962, Education (volume 11, page 56)
- […] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs […]
- 1962, Education (volume 11, page 56)
See also
- An-hui (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
- UHI
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc + diē (literally “on this day”).
Pronunciation
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /wi/
Adverb
hui
- (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
- (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.
References
- “avui” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hoey, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai, presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajaz.
Cognate with Old Saxon *hwei, Middle Low German wei, German Low German Wei, Old Frisian *wei, Saterland Frisian Woaie, West Frisian waai, Old English hwǣġ, Middle English whey, English whey, Scots whey.
Two hypotheses exist regarding cognates outside of Germanic:
- The first hypothesis proposes a relationship with Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra), Persian شیر, Ossetian ӕхсыр (æxsyr), Northern Kurdish şîr;
- The second hypothesis proposes a relationship with Latin cāseus, Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ), Russian квас (kvas), Czech kvas, Polish kwas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦœy̯/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hui
- Rhymes: -œy̯
- Homophone: Huij
Noun
hui f (uncountable)
- (dated, dialectal) whey [First attested in the late 15th century.]
- Synonyms: wei, melkwei
- Hui is een bijproduct van het maken van kaas. ― Whey is a side product of cheese production.
- 1612, Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, "Symen sonder Soeticheydt" in Kluchten, page 108.
- Wy aten een potje karmelck …, en droncken een toochje huy…
- We ate a jar of buttermilk porridge…, and drank a swig of whey…
- 1811, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 9, publ. P. H. Trap, page 453.
- De melk wordt … verwerkt tot boter, kaas, karnemelk en hui …,
- The milk is … processed into butter, cheese, buttermilk and whey …,
Derived terms
- huiboter
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhui̯/, [ˈhui̯]
- Rhymes: -ui
- Syllabification(key): hui
Etymology 1
Related to Karelian hui. Possibly onomatopoeic, but may also be borrowed. Compare Swedish huj, German hui.
Interjection
hui
- oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *hoi, *hui, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje, *šuje.
Noun
hui
- (dialectal, obsolete) spool, bobbin
Synonyms
- käämi, puola
Derived terms
- huippu
French
Etymology
From Old French hui, 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/
Audio (file)
Adverb
hui
- (obsolete) today
Derived terms
- aujourd'hui
- cejourd'hui
- cesoird'hui
- d'hui en un an
- méshui
German
Interjection
hui
- an exclamation of pleasant surprise
Further reading
- “hui” in Duden online
- “hui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hawaiian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hui
- club, organization
- company, firm
- combination
- cluster
- (music) chorus (refrain)
- (mathematics) plus sign
Verb
hui
- (intransitive) to meet
- Ahui hou, mālama pono. ― Until we meet again, take good care.
- (intransitive) to unite, join
- (intransitive) to combine
See also
- hū
Ido
Noun
hui
- plural of huo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hui̯/, [hʊi̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uj/, [uj]
Interjection
hui
- ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
- 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
- Nonstandard spelling of huī.
- Nonstandard spelling of huí.
- Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
- 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.
Maori
Verb
hui
- to gather, congregate, assemble, meet
Noun
hui
- gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference
Middle English
Pronoun
hui
- Alternative form of he (“they”)
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhuj/
Adverb
hui
- very
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old French
Etymology
From Latin hodiē.
Noun
hui m
- today
Descendants
- Middle French: hui
- ⇒ French: d'hui (in fixed expressions), aujourd'hui (see there for further descendants)
- Walloon: ouy
Spanish
Alternative forms
- huí (deprecated)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝i/ [ˈw̝i]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: hui
Verb
hui
- inflection of huir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person singular voseo imperative