# heu
## Basque
### Etymology

From hi (“you”) +‎ hau (“this”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heu̯/ [heu̯]
* IPA: (Southern) /eu̯/ [eu̯]
* Rhymes: -eu̯
* Hyphenation: heu

### Pronoun

heu
* (emphatic, informal, familiar) Second-person singular personal pronoun; you

#### Usage notes

See usage notes at neu (“I myself”) and hi.

#### Derived terms

* heureganatu (“to bring close to you”)
* heurekoi
* heuretu

### Further reading

* “heu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “heu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈɛw]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈəw]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈew]

### Verb

heu
* inflection of haver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of heure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʰø/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

heu m (plural heux)
* (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /y/

#### Participle

heu (feminine heue, masculine plural heus, feminine plural heues)
* (obsolete) past participle of havoir

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

heu
* Alternative spelling of euh

### Further reading

* “heu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* euh, hue, hué, Hué

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheu̯/, [ˈhɛw]

### Noun

heu
* down, fuzz
* fine spines in sugarcane or cactus
* bristle

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “heu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 67

## Latin
### Etymology

Expressive. Compare Latin ēheu, English oho.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /heu̯/, [hɛu̯]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /eu̯/, [ɛːu̯]

### Interjection

heu
* oh! alas! ah!, ay! (expressing dismay, grief, pain, indignation)
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.465:‘heu ubi Mārs pater est?’“Alas! Where is Mars, my father?” (The ghost of Remus laments his fate; Mars was the divine father of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.)
** heu hercle mulier, multum et audāx et mala·soh blimey, woman, you have as much boldness as evil in you!
** heu mē miseram, interiī!oh poor me, I'm done for!

#### Usage notes

Used parenthetically or with an exclamative accusative to expresses a stronger emotion. Unlike vae, does not form expressions with the dative (although some Medieval texts and codices display this).

#### Related terms

* ēheu

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *seu (compare with Tahitian heu, Tongan heu (“to ward off, to stir, to rake”), Samoan seu (“to ward off”), Fijian seu (“to scratch, to paw, to scoop”). Doublet of heuheu.

#### Verb

heu
* to separate, to pull apart or asunder
* to clear, to remove

##### Derived terms

* heuheu
* kōheuheu

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

heu
* razor

#### Verb

heu
* to shave
    Synonym: waru

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

heu
* overgrown

#### Noun

heu
* scrub, undergrowth

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 63-4
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “heu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 55-6
* “heu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Middle English
### Pronoun

heu
* (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of yow

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English hoy, Dutch hui, German Heu.

### Noun

heu m (plural heus)
* (Jersey) hoy

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xiəwᴬ (“green”). Cognate with Thai เขียว (kǐao), Lao ຂຽວ (khiāu), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪫ, Shan ၶဵဝ် (khǎeo), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜈𑜫 (khiw).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /heːu˨˦/
* Tone numbers: heu$^1$
* Hyphenation: heu

### Adjective

heu (Sawndip forms 𫇯 or 𮧃 or 𬰗 or 靘 or ⿳吅且吅 or 夭 or ⿺色丢 or ⿺色求 or ⿺色青 or 𬮬 or ⿵门清 or 𬁷 or ⿰告青 or ⿰虫好 or 䒵 or ⿰青刁 or ⿵门号, 1957–1982 spelling heu)
* green

#### Derived terms

* cazheu
* daengheu
* diegheu
* duhheu
* heunaunau
* heuraurau
* heusausau
* heuswdswd
* heuoiq
* saekheu