huru

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuru/

huru

1. accusative singular of hura
2. instrumental singular of hura

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuru/ [ˈhʉɾʉ]

From Proto-Polynesian *fulu,^[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *vulu, from Proto-Oceanic *pulu,^[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu. Cognates include Hawaiian hulu and Samoan fulu.

huru (usually reduplicated as huruhuru)

1. hair of human heads

   Synonym: makawe

From Proto-Polynesian *sulu,^[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *sulu, from Proto-Oceanic *sulu (“torch, especially made of coconut fronds”),^[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *suluq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *suluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq. Cognates include Samoan sulu and Tokelauan hulu.

huru

1. to glow

   Synonym: pura

2. (of the sun) to rise

   Synonyms: puta, whiti

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “huru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 85
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “huru”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

• hure

From Old English huru.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːru/

huru

1. especially, particularly; much less; ~ and ~, ~ thinge, especially
2. at least; in any case
   • 1175, The Holy Rood:

     Ðe leᵹ wæs huru feowertiᵹ fæðmæ heh.

     The glade was at least 40 fathoms.

3. truly, certainly, indeed
4. even

Of obscure origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Compare Swedish huru (“how”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.ru/, [ˈhuː.ru]

hūru

1. anyway, at any rate, in any case
2. 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"

     Clypiað git hluddor uncuð þeah þe he slæpe⁠ þæt he huru aƿacnige and eoƿ ƿið spræce

     'Cry ye yet louder, peradventure he sleepeth, that he may at least awaken and answer unto you.'

3. yet, however
   • 10th century, The Descent into Hell:

     Hūru þæs ōþer þing wiston þā wīfmenn, þā hȳ on weġ cyrdon.

     The women, however, knew something else, so they turned back on their way.

4. especially

   Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.

   It is good for all, and especially for deep wounds.

• Middle English: hūre, hūru

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare hurma”)

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈxu.ru]

huru

1. (Lasovia, often repeated) used to imitate the buzzing of bees; buzz

• 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

• uru

Borrowed from Dutch hoer.

huru

1. whore, prostitute

huru

1. to have sexual relations with more than one person

huru (Sundanese script ᮠᮥᮛᮥ)

1. to burn

   Synonym: duruk

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).^[1]

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huru (invariable)

1. free, liberated

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -hurisha

• Nominal derivations:
  • uhuru

huru class V (plural mahuru class VI)

1. freedman, manumitted slave

From Old Swedish hwaru, from a dative form of Old Norse hvar (“where”), see also var, Icelandic hvernug, Danish hvor.

huru (not comparable)

1. (archaic) how

• hur

• ehuru
• huruvida

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

huru

1. donkey

• Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (1970), Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎^[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 8, 57