Word info

hu

Speech parts

1. hu - Noun

2. hu - Adverb

3. hu - Pronoun

4. hu - Conjunction

5. Hu - Proper noun

Meaning

A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.

A name for God in the Eckankar religion.

A chant consisting of many people singing "Hu" together.

(neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

(neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

(neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

how, in all senses, including:
to what degree
Hū eald is þīn dohtor?How old is your daughter?
Hū miċel gold hæfst þū on þē?How much gold do you have on you?

in what manner
Hū sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?How do you say that in English?
Hū færest þū?How are you? (Literally: "How are you faring?")

in what state
Hū wæs þīn dæġ?How was your day?
Þū canst Ælfrēd cyning? Hū is hē?You know King Alfred? What is he like?

used in exclamations

used to introduce negative rhetorical questions

how, in all senses:
in what manner
Iċ leornode hū man wæġn ġebētt.I learned how to repair a wagon.
Hīe āscodon hū hīe helpan meahten.They asked how they could help.

that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)
Iċ him sæġde hū iċ wǣre æt hām ealne dæġ and ne ġehīerde nāwiht.I told them how I'd been at home all day and hadn't heard a thing.
Þæt is tō wundriġenne hū hīe þā bryċġe swā hrædlīċe ġefyldon.It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.

(Pakistan) Initialism of Hazara University.

(logistics) Initialism of handling unit.

Initialism of Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale, a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine.

(obsolete, US, army, aviation) prefix for utility helicopter designations

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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