hui

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

hui (plural huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.

Anagrams

• UHI

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”), through Vulgar Latin *oie and Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

hui

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
2. (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: hui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

hui f (uncountable)

1. (dated, dialectal) whey

   Synonym: wei

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ui

Interjection

hui

1. oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)

Etymology

From Old French hui, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē, from hōc (“this”) + diē.

Cognate with Occitan uòi, uèi, Catalan hui and avui, Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/

Adverb

hui

1. (obsolete) today

Interjection

hui

1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Further reading

• hui in Duden online

Noun

hui

1. club, organization
2. company, firm
3. combination
4. cluster
5. (music) chorus (refrain)
6. (mathematics) plus sign

Verb

hui

1. (intransitive) to meet
2. (intransitive) to unite, join
3. (intransitive) to combine

Noun

hui

1. plural of huo

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /huj/, [hʊj]

Interjection

hui

1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

References

• hui in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hui in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hui in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanization

hui (Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄨㄟ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𣌭

hui

1. Nonstandard spelling of huī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of huí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of huì.

See also

• -huì

Pronoun

hui

1. Alternative form of he

References

• “he, pron. (3)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhuj/

Adverb

hui

1. very

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

1. today

Verb

hui

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of huir.