heu

See also: Heu and HEU

Basque

Etymology

From hi (“you”) +‎ hau (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heu̯/ [heu̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eu̯/ [eu̯]
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Hyphenation: heu

Pronoun

heu emphatic (non-emphatic form hi)

1. (emphatic, informal, familiar) Second-person singular personal pronoun; you

Usage notes

See usage notes at neu (“I myself”) and hi.

Declension

Declension of heu

absolutive	heu
ergative	heuk
dative	heuri
genitive	heure
comitative	heurekin
causative	heugatik, heuregatik
benefactive	heuretzat, heuretako
instrumental	heutaz
inessive	heugan, heuregan, heure baitan, heutan
locative	heure baitako
allative	heuregana, heureganat, heure baitara, heure baitarat
terminative	heuganaino, heureganaino, heu baitaraino, heure baitaraino
directive	heuganantz, heureganantz
destinative	heuganako, heureganako
ablative	heuganik, heureganik, heugandik, heuregandik, heu baitatik, heu baitarik, heure baitatik, heure baitarik

Derived terms

• heureganatu (“to bring close to you”)
• heurekoi
• heuretu

See also

Basque personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic
1st person		ni	neu, nihaur, nerau	gu	geu, guhaur, gerok
2nd person	familiar	hi	heu, hihaur, herori	zuek	zeuek, zuhauek, zerok
	neutral	zu	zeu, zuhaur, zerori
3rd person		use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns

Further reading

• “heu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “heu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈew]

Verb

heu

1. inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of heure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʰø/

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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

heu m (plural heux)

1. (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y/

Participle

heu (feminine heue, masculine plural heus, feminine plural heues)

1. (obsolete) past participle of havoir

Etymology 3

Interjection

heu

1. Alternative spelling of euh

Further reading

• “heu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• euh, hue, hué, Hué

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheu̯/, [ˈhɛw]

Noun

heu

1. down, fuzz
2. fine spines in sugarcane or cactus
3. bristle

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “heu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 67

Latin

Etymology

Expressive. Compare Latin ēheu, English oho.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhɛi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈej/, [ˈɛj]

Interjection

heu

1. oh! alas! ah!, ay! (expressing dismay, grief, pain, indignation)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.465:

     ‘heu ubi Mārs pater est?’

     “Alas! Where is Mars, my father?”
     (The ghost of Remus laments his fate; Mars was the divine father of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.)

   • heu hercle mulier, multum et audāx et mala·s

     oh blimey, woman, you have as much boldness as evil in you!

   • heu mē miseram, interiī!

     oh poor me, I'm done for!

Usage notes

Used parenthetically or with an exclamative accusative to expresses a stronger emotion. Unlike vae, does not form expressions with the dative (although some Medieval texts and codices display this).

Related terms

• ēheu

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *seu (compare with Tahitian heu, Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Fijian seu (“to scratch, to paw, to scoop”). Doublet of heuheu.

Verb

heu

1. to separate, to pull apart or asunder
2. to clear, to remove

Derived terms

• heuheu
• kōheuheu

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

heu

1. razor

Verb

heu

1. to shave

   Synonym: waru

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

heu

1. overgrown

Noun

heu

1. scrub, undergrowth

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “heu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 55-6
• “heu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Pronoun

heu

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of yow

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English hoy, Dutch hui, German Heu.

Noun

heu m (plural heus)

1. (Jersey) hoy

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xiəwᴬ (“green”). Cognate with Thai เขียว (kǐao), Lao ຂຽວ (khiāu), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪫ, Shan ၶဵဝ် (khǎeo), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜈𑜫 (khiw).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /heːu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: heu¹
• Hyphenation: heu

Adjective

heu (Sawndip forms 𫇯 or 𮧃 or 𬰗 or 靘 or ⿳吅且吅 or 夭 or ⿺色丢 or ⿺色求 or ⿺色青 or 𬮬 or ⿵门清 or 𬁷 or ⿰告青 or ⿰虫好 or 䒵 or ⿰青刁 or ⿵门号, 1957–1982 spelling heu)

1. green

Derived terms

• cazheu
• daengheu
• diegheu
• duhheu
• heunaunau
• heuraurau
• heusausau
• heuswdswd
• heuoiq
• saekheu