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You can make 3 words from hui according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hui

hui uhi hiu ihu uih iuh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hui. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hui.

Definitions and meaning of hui

hui

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hui.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hui (plural hui or huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
2. (New Zealand, by extension) A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive.

See also

• An-hui (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• UHI

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

hui

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of avui
2. (other dialects) Archaic form of avui.

References

• “avui” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœy̯/
• Hyphenation: hui
• Rhymes: -œy̯
• Homophone: Huij

Noun

hui f (uncountable)

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.

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

Derived terms

• huiboter

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

hui

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

Further reading

• “hui”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hui (dialectal, obsolete)

1. spool, bobbin

Synonyms

• käämi, puola

Derived terms

• huippu

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/

Adverb

hui

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

Derived terms

German

Interjection

hui

1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Further reading

• “hui” in Duden online
• “hui” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui/

Noun

hui

1. club, organization
2. company, firm
3. combination
4. cluster
5. (music) chorus (refrain)
6. (mathematics) plus sign

Verb

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

See also

• hū

Ido

Noun

hui

1. plural of huo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hui̯/, [hʊi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uj/, [uj]

Interjection

hui

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

References

• “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Mandarin

Romanization

hui

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Maori

Verb

hui

1. to gather, congregate, assemble, meet

Noun

hui

1. gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference

Middle English

Pronoun

hui

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhuj/

Adverb

hui

1. very

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

1. today

Descendants

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• huí (deprecated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈi/ [uˈi]

Verb

hui

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

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