hul

See also: hůl and hűl

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœl/

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Determiner

hul

1. Alternative form of hulle; their

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

¹ The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Cahuilla

Etymology

root: húl

Noun

húl

1. bow (weapon)

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	húl
Objective	hú'li
Genitive
Objective Genitive

Synonyms

1. chúkinapish
   1. bow, gun

Derived terms

1. húyal, húyallem, -húya
   1. bow and arrow, arrow
2. -húyaa- (v.intrs.); to be longish, oblong
   1. with: húl, yúlukal, wéevu';
      1. 'eyúluka' húyaaqal / húyallem hemhúyaawen - your head is (being) long / the arrows are (being) long

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą, cf. English hole and German Höhle. The noun is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”) (see below). Related to hule (“cave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hol/, [ˈhɔl]

Noun

hul n (singular definite hullet, plural indefinite huller)

1. hole
2. gap
3. blank
4. leak
5. cavity
6. (electronics) hole
7. (derogatory) dump, shabby place/dwelling

Declension

Declension of hul

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hul	hullet	huller	hullerne
genitive	huls	hullets	hullers	hullernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse holr (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːˀl/, [ˈhuˀl]

Adjective

hul (neuter hult, plural and definite singular attributive hule)

1. hollow
2. concave

Inflection

Inflection of hul

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	hul	hulere	hulest2
indefinite neuter singular	hult	hulere	hulest2
plural	hule	hulere	hulest2
definite attributive1	hule	hulere	huleste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːˀl/, [ˈhuˀl]

Verb

hul

1. imperative of hule

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏl

Verb

hul

1. inflection of hullen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

hul

1. to arrive

Lower Sorbian

Noun

hul m inan (diminutive hulk)

1. Obsolete spelling of wul.

Declension

Declension of hul

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	hul	hula	hule
Genitive	hula	hulowu	hulow
Dative	huloju	huloma	hulam
Accusative	hul	hula	hule
Instrumental	hulom	huloma	hulami
Locative	hulu	huloma	hulach

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hol (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse holr.

Adjective

hul (neuter singular hult, definite singular and plural hule)

1. hollow

Derived terms

• hulrom

References

• “hul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Sumerian

Romanization

hul

1. Romanization of 𒅆𒌨 (ḫul)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hole.

Noun

hul

1. hole
2. (vulgar) vagina

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hule, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl ōlli.

Noun

hul

1. rubber

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236