# huru
## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhuru/

### Noun

huru
* accusative singular of hura
* instrumental singular of hura

## Maori
### 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: /ˈhuːru/

### Adverb

huru
* especially, particularly; much less; ~ and ~, ~ thinge, especially
* at least; in any case
** 1175, The Holy Rood:Ðe leᵹ wæs huru feowertiᵹ fæðmæ heh.The glade was at least 40 fathoms.
* truly, certainly, indeed
* even

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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"
    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.'
* yet, however
* especially
    Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.It is good for all, and especially for deep wounds.

#### Related terms

* hure

#### Descendants

* Middle English: hūre, hūru

### References

* ↑ "hure, adv." OED Online.

## 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: /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

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

huru (invariable)
* free, liberated

#### Derived terms

* uhuru

### Noun

huru class V (plural mahuru class VI)
* freedman, manumitted slave

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70 Nr. 615

## 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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 8, 57