hebu

Swahili

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Interjection

hebu

  1. hey (said to get attention)

References

  • Almasi, Oswald; Fallon, Michael David; Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014), Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 372: “Ebu! or Hebu! – Usually expresses surprise or even disapproval.”

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

Verb

hebu (first-person singular present hebaf, not mutable)

  1. to speak, to say
    Synonyms: siarad, dweud

Derived terms

  • gohebu (“to correspond, to communicate”)
  • hebiad (“utterance”)
  • sylwebu (“to commentate”)
  • ateb (“answer; to answer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of hebu
radical soft nasal aspirate
hebu unchanged unchanged unchanged

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “hebu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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