huc

== Translingual == === Symbol === huc (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for ǂHoan. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of ǂHoan terms == English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === huc (plural hucs) Acronym of hydrologic unit code. === See also === Hydrologic unit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === CHU, Ch'u, Chu, UHC, chu, cuh == Latin == === Etymology === Probably from the Old Latin locative hoi + -ce, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰe and Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”), according to De Vaan (2008). Compare the mostly pre-Classical hōc (“to this place, for this reason”), which De Vaan says is from an instrumental case form. Compare the same alternation between illūc and the older illōc. See also hinc. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhuːk] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuk] === Adverb === hūc (not comparable) (generally) to this, to this (alone), to (only) this subject/matter; for this (alone), for this (one) thing (locatively) to/at (precisely) this place, hither, here (temporally) to (merely) this point in time, thus far, so far (indicatively of purpose) to (solely) this end, for (just) this purpose, for (none other than) this reason, that, so that, in order that (together with illuc as huc et illuc, indicatively of either disordered or reciprocating action) in a disorderly manner: to this and to that, hither and thither, from pillar to post, from post to pillar, helter-skelter, willy-nilly, chaotically, haphazardly; in a reciprocating manner: to here and to there, hither and thither, back and forth, to and fro, by turns, alternately, alternatingly besides, additionally ==== Usage notes ==== The adverb huc may either function specifying a direction (simply referring to "here"), or excluding it from the rest (referring to "only here"), depending on context. In English translation, the latter exclusivity can be expressed by including the adverbs provided above in parentheses. ==== Derived terms ==== adhūc ==== Related terms ==== === References === De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “hic, haec, hoc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284 “huc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “huc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “huc”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Manx == === Pronoun === huc (emphatic form hucsyn) third-person plural of hug to them