hui

Abbreviation of English Huli.

hui

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Huli.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Huli terms

Borrowed from Māori hui.

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhʉː.iː/, [ˈhʉ(w)i(ː)]

hui (plural hui or huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
   • 1962, Education, volume 11, page 56:

     […] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs […] .

   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 229:

     “I even started training as a seminarian. It lasted till I met Hana at an interchurch hui.”

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 33:

     [T]ribal leaders […] organised a series of hui in 1950 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Great Fleet, which by this time had grown to nine canoes.

2. (New Zealand, by extension) A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive.
   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 154:

     Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at the hui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, which would imply that he was living somewhere else.

• An-hui (etymologically unrelated)

• UHI

Inherited from Old Catalan hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”).

• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /wi/

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hui

1. Valencia form of avui (“today”)
2. (other dialects) archaic form of avui

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “avui”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Middle Dutch hoey, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: hui
• Rhymes: -œy̯
• Homophone: Huij

hui f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (dated, dialectal) whey [First attested in the late 15th century.]

   Synonyms: wei, melkwei

   Hui is een bijproduct van het maken van kaas. ― Whey is a side product of cheese production.

   • 1612, Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, “Symen sonder Soeticheydt”, in Kluchten, page 108:

     Wy aten een potje karmelck …, en droncken een toochje huy…

     We ate a jar of buttermilk porridge…, and drank a swig of whey…

   • 1811, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 9, publ. P. H. Trap, page 453.

     De melk wordt … verwerkt tot boter, kaas, karnemelk en hui …,

     The milk is … processed into butter, cheese, buttermilk and whey …,

• huiboter

From Proto-Finnic *hoi, *hui, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje, *šuje. Cognate to Finnish hui (“spool”)

hui (genitive hui, partitive huid)

1. (uncommon) a specific type of needle

   Synonyms: piirits, ui

Declension of hui (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hui	huid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hui
genitive			huide
partitive		huid	huisid
illative		huisse	huidesse
inessive		huis	huides
elative		huist	huidest
allative		huile	huidele
adessive		huil	huidel
ablative		huilt	huidelt
translative		huiks	huideks
terminative		huini	huideni
essive		huina	huidena
abessive		huita	huideta
comitative		huiga	huidega

From Russian хуй (xuj).

hui

1. (vulgar, slang) Expresses surprise, astonishment, or disbelief at the statement

   Hui sa tead teda.

   The hell you know him.

   • 2025 October 7, @j22tis, Twitter‎^[2], retrieved 1 November 2025:

     Vihkan kogu hingest neid fuckass pakendeid mis on nagu ööö ➡️ ava ➡️ siit ↩️ ja ss te ei kujuta ette mida ta teeb (ta hui avaneb sealt)

     Hate with all my heart those fuckass packages that are like ooh ➡️ open ➡️ here ↩️ and then you won't believe what it does (the hell it opens there)

hui (genitive hui, partitive huid)

1. (vulgar, slang) cock, dick, penis

   Synonyms: türa, munn

Declension of hui (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hui	huid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hui
genitive			huide
partitive		huid	huisid
illative		huisse	huidesse
inessive		huis	huides
elative		huist	huidest
allative		huile	huidele
adessive		huil	huidel
ablative		huilt	huidelt
translative		huiks	huideks
terminative		huini	huideni
essive		huina	huidena
abessive		huita	huideta
comitative		huiga	huidega

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui̯/, [ˈhui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification^(key): hui
• Hyphenation^(key): hui

Related to Karelian hui. Possibly onomatopoeic, but may also be borrowed. Compare Swedish huj, German hui.

hui

1. oh! (an exclamation when scared or startled)

• “hui”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *hoi ~ *hui, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šoje ~ *šuje.

hui (dialectal, obsolete, Satakunta, Tavastia)

1. spool, bobbin

• käämi, puola

• huippu

Inherited from Old French hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc (“this”) + diē.

Cognate with Occitan uòi, uèi, Catalan hui and avui, Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/

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hui

1. (archaic except in the compound aujourd'hui) today

hui

1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

• “hui” in Duden online
• “hui”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)

From Proto-Oceanic *pui₁ (“fruit bunch”) (compare with Māori hui (“flock, herd, congregation”) and Tahitian hui (“group”) plus Māori huihui (“group, assembly”) and Tahitian huihui (“collection”)).^[1][2] Doublet of huihui.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.i/, [ˈhu.wi]

hui

1. club, organization
2. company, firm
3. combination
4. cluster, bunch (of fruit)

   Synonym: ʻāhui

5. (music) chorus (refrain)
6. (mathematics) plus sign

hui

1. (intransitive) to meet

   A hui hou, mālama pono. ― Until we meet again, take good care.

2. (intransitive) to unite, join
3. (intransitive) to combine

• ʻāhui

• hū

hui

1. plural of huo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhʊj]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuj]

hui

1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

• Spanish: uy, huy

• “hui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hui”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• hui in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

hui

1. nonstandard spelling of huī
2. nonstandard spelling of huí
3. nonstandard spelling of huǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of huì

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Proto-Polynesian from Proto-Oceanic *pui₁ (“bunch of fruit”) (compare with Hawaiian hui (“troupe, association, society, club”) and Tahitian hui (“group”) plus Hawaiian huihui (“cluster, collection, bunch”) and Tahitian huihui (“collection”)).^[1][2] Doublet of huihui.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui/ [ˈhʉi]

hui

1. to gather, congregate, assemble, meet

hui

1. gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference

• kāhui

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “hui”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[6], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

hui

1. alternative form of he (“they”)

From Proto-Polynesian *hui, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

hui

1. bone

• “hui” in Tohi Vagahau Niuē (Niuean Language Dictionary).

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhuj/

hui

1. very

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• IPA^(key): /ɦui/

hui

1. (Western) to help

   Synonym: huli

   • (Can we date this quote?), “-‡hinisi he hui a huniki n//n‡e ng radiostasiesi ng jha kama COVID 19 pandemiesi ng kxu'tjie he kwai”, in Cultural Survival‎^[8]:

     Hui n//n‡e ni ‡xhoa ng n//n‡e huniki //xa//xa kxu'tjie ng COVID 19 ‡xhoa n//a

     Hui nǁng ǂe ni ǂxoa ng nǁng ǂe huniki ǁxaǁxa kxʼuki ng COVID 19 ǂxoa nǁa

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

From Latin hodiē.

hui m

1. today

• Middle French: hui
  • ⇒ French: d'hui (in fixed expressions), aujourd'hui (see there for further descendants)
• Walloon: ouy

• huí (pre-2010)

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝i/ [ˈw̝i], /uˈi/ [uˈi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: hui

hui

1. inflection of huir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative

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

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-hui (infinitive kuhui)

1. to revive

Conjugation of -hui
Positive present -nahui Subjunctive -hui Negative -hui Imperative singular hui
Infinitives
Positive kuhui Negative kutohui
Imperatives
Singular hui Plural huini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhui Positive past positive subject concord + -lihui Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhui
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahui) Singular Plural 1st person ninahui/nahui tunahui 2nd person unahui mnahui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahui wanahui other classes positive subject concord + -nahui
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hui) Singular Plural 1st person sihui hatuhui 2nd person huhui hamhui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahui hawahui other classes negative subject concord + -hui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahui Negative future negative subject concord + -tahui
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hui) Singular Plural 1st person nihui tuhui 2nd person uhui mhui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahui wahui other classes positive subject concord + -hui
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihui Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehui Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehui Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihui Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihui
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahui) Singular Plural 1st person nahui twahui 2nd person wahui mwahui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahui wahui m-mi(III/IV) wahui yahui ji-ma(V/VI) lahui yahui ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahui vyahui n(IX/X) yahui zahui u(XI) wahui see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahui pa(XVI) pahui mu(XVIII) mwahui
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehui "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahui "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahui "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihui "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohui Consecutive kahui / positive subject concord + -kahui Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahui
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihui -tuhui 2nd person -kuhui -wahui/-kuhuini/-wahuini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhui -wahui m-mi(III/IV) -uhui -ihui ji-ma(V/VI) -lihui -yahui ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihui -vihui n(IX/X) -ihui -zihui u(XI) -uhui see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhui pa(XVI) -pahui mu(XVIII) -muhui Reflexive -jihui
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hui- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -huiye -huio m-mi(III/IV) -huio -huiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -huilo -huiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -huicho -huivyo n(IX/X) -huiyo -huizo u(XI) -huio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -huiko pa(XVI) -huipo mu(XVIII) -huimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hui) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehui -ohui m-mi(III/IV) -ohui -yohui ji-ma(V/VI) -lohui -yohui ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohui -vyohui n(IX/X) -yohui -zohui u(XI) -ohui see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohui pa(XVI) -pohui mu(XVIII) -mohui
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -huia
  • Causative: -huisha
  • Passive: -huiwa
  • Reciprocal: -huiana
  • Stative: -huika

From Proto-Polynesian *hui, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi, *ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi (“thorn”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

• IPA^(key): /hu.i/

hui

1. bone
2. needle
3. hand (of clock)

• Churchward, C. Maxwell (1959), “hui”, in Tongan dictionary: Tongan-English and English-Tongan, London, England: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 234