huru

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuru/

huru

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

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu; compare Malay bulu.

huru (used in the reduplicated form huruhuru)

1. hair

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq; compare Malay suluh.

huru

1. to glow

• 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

3. yet, however
4. especially

   Ðæt dēah tō ǣlcum and hūru tō dēopun dolgum.

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

• hure

• Middle English: hūre, hūru

• uru

Borrowed from Dutch hoer.

huru

1. whore, prostitute

huru

1. Romanization of ᮠᮥᮛᮥ

From Arabic حُرّ‎ (ḥurr, “free”).

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huru (invariable)

1. free, liberated

• uhuru

huru (ma class, plural mahuru)

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