hiu

See also: hiú and hiʻu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• escu, est

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

Related terms

• hiri / hire
• fut
• hiintsã

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/

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• 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

• “hiu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• yu
• يو
• هيو

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hiw˧˧]

Adjective

hiu

1. melancholic, gloomy, sad

Adverb

hiu

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đìu hiu
• hiu hắt
• hiu quạnh
• quạnh hiu