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hiu

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See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the h- conjugations come from Latin fīō (become). Compare Romanian fi.

Verb

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

  1. to be

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Polynesian *fiu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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hiu

  1. shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Alternative forms

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  • yu (nonstandard)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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hiu (Jawi spelling هيو, plural hiu-hiu, informal 1st possessive hiuku, 2nd possessive hiumu, 3rd possessive hiunya)

  1. Obsolete form of yu.

Manx

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Pronoun

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hiu (emphatic form hiuish)

  1. second-person plural of hug
    to you

Old English

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Pronoun

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hīu (f) (Northumbrian)

  1. Alternative form of hēo

Sundanese

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Romanization

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hiu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮤᮅ

Vietnamese

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Adjective

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hiu

  1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

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hiu

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

Derived terms

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