HUとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 異形同音異義語: hue, huh

代名詞

hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene, nonstandard)

1. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 2002 January 3, Bryan T. McMahon, quoting Sasha Newborn, “A terrible book”, in The Ponchatoula Times‎, page 7:

     Hu is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in hus solutions of each and all a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension preternatural.

   • 2003 October 14, Mikhail Epstein, “"Hu," from "human," as a gender-neutral pronoun”, in ‎ (Usenet), message-ID :

     When the lecturer arrives, hu will be speaking on the topic of anonymity.

   • 2007 November 29, Mikhail Epstein, “hu”, in International Society for Universal Dialog‎, archived from the original on 2 January 2012:

     It's the vice-president's job to support the president and take hus place when hu is away.

   • 2008 March, Christoph Hitz, “Hu, Me?”, in Mother Jones‎, →ISSN:

     Maybe, but if his/herstory's any guide, hu has hu work cut out for hu.

2. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
   • 2006, Perry Anderson with Glenn Burgess, edited by D. N. DeLuna, The Political Imagination in History: Essays Concerning J.G.A. Pocock‎, Owlworks, →ISBN, page 175:

     One of his favorite metaphors for the historian, drawn from the "Preface" to Hegel's Philosophy of Right, likens hu to the owl of Minerva, whose flight at dusk provided the setting for mature reflection on the day that had passed.

3. (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
   • 2006 October 1, “He said, she said, hu said”, in Los Angeles Times‎:

     Now, however, the editorial writer has a new weapon in hu arsenal.

   • 2006 November 17, Rob Kyff, “Hu Joins Heesh As Neutral Pronoun”, in Hartford Courant‎, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     If hu doesn't do hu homework, I will fail hu.

下位語

• (as subject): he, she
• (as object): him, her

派生語

• huself

参考

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

参照

アナグラム

• uh

語源

From Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with Old Frisian hū, Old Saxon hū (Dutch hoe), Old High German wuo.

発音

• IPA: /xuː/, [huː]
• 韻: -ū

副詞

hū

1. how, in all senses, including:
   1. to what degree
      • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

        Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?

        How about food? How much dost thou desire that?

   2. in what manner
   3. in what state
2. used in exclamations
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ēalā hū gōd mann!

     Oh, what a good person!

3. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Hū, ne eart þū sē mann þe on mīnre scōle wǣre āfēded and ġelǣred?

     Aren't you the person who was raised and taught in my school?

派生語

• hūmeta

派生した語

• Middle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu
  • English: how
  • Geordie: hoo
  • Scots: hoo, how, foo
  • Yola: fowe, how

接続詞

hū

1. how, in all senses:
   1. in what manner
   2. that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)

派生した語

• Middle English: how, hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu
  • English: how
  • Geordie: hoo
  • Scots: hoo, how, foo
  • Yola: fowe, how