huru

== Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuru/ === Noun === huru accusative singular of hura instrumental singular of hura == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuru/ [ˈhʉɾʉ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu; compare Malay bulu. ==== Noun ==== huru (used in the reduplicated form huruhuru) hair === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq; compare Malay suluh. ==== Verb ==== huru to glow === References === “huru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hure === Etymology === From Old English huru. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuːru/ === Adverb === huru especially, particularly; much less; ~ and ~, ~ thinge, especially at least; in any case truly, certainly, indeed even == Old English == === Etymology === Of obscure origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Compare Swedish huru (“how”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxuː.ru/, [ˈhuː.ru] === Adverb === hūru anyway, at any rate, in any case certainly, at least, indeed hūru fīftēne mīla brād ― at least fifteen miles broad ne hūru on hǣðene lēode ― certainly not to a heathen nation late 10th century, Ælfric, "De libro regum" yet, however especially ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hūre, hūru === References === == Polish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare hurma”) === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Lasovia) IPA(key): [ˈxu.ru] === Interjection === huru (Lasovia, often repeated) used to imitate the buzzing of bees; buzz === Further reading === Oskar Kolberg (1865), “huru”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262 == Sranan Tongo == === Alternative forms === uru === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch hoer. === Noun === huru whore, prostitute === Verb === huru to have sexual relations with more than one person == Sundanese == === Verb === huru (Sundanese script ᮠᮥᮛᮥ) to burn Synonym: duruk == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === huru (invariable) free, liberated ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Causative: -hurisha Nominal derivations: uhuru === Noun === huru class V (plural mahuru class VI) freedman, manumitted slave === References === == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hwaru, from a dative form of Old Norse hvar (“where”), see also var, Icelandic hvernug, Danish hvor. === Adverb === huru (not comparable) (archaic) how ==== Synonyms ==== hur ==== Derived terms ==== ehuru huruvida == Tataltepec Chatino == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish burro. === Noun === huru donkey === References === Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (1970), Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 8, 57