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{{also|Hoo|hóo|hōō|höö}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/huː/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hoo.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|uː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|who}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|hoo}}, {{m|enm|shoo|t=she}} from {{inh|en|ang|hēo|t=she}}. More at {{l|en|she}}.

====Pronoun====
{{en-pron|desc=third-person singular, feminine, nominative case|accusative and possessive|her|possessive|hers|reflexive|herself}}

# {{label|en|South Lancashire|Yorkshire|Derbyshire}} [[she]]
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1854|author=[[s:Author:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell]]|title=[[s:North and South|North and South]]|section=[[sNorth and South (First Edition)/Volume 1/Chapter 8|Chapter VIII]]|passage='Aye, aye,' said the father, impatiently, ''''hoo''''ll come. '''Hoo''''s a bit set up now, because '''hoo''' thinks I might ha' spoken more civilly; but '''hoo''''ll think better on it, and come. I can read her proud bonny face like a book.}}
# {{label|en|West Midlands|and|South West England}} [[he]], ''also a gender-neutral third person pronoun''

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|hoo-justice}}
* {{l|en|hoo'll}}
* {{l|en|hoose}}
* {{l|en|hoost}}
* {{l|en|hoor}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|hoo}}, {{m|enm|ho}}. More at {{l|en|ho}}.

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[hurrah]]; an [[exclamation]] of [[triumphant]] [[joy]]
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus|passage=Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! '''Hoo'''! hoo!}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet|passage=With, '''hoo'''! such bugs and goblins in my life}}
# {{lb|en|Geordie}} Used to attract the [[attention]] of others.
#: {{ux|en|"'''Hoo''' yee!"}}

=====Related terms=====
*[[hoo-ee]]

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|en|enm|howe}}, {{m|enm|hu|t=how}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hū|t=how}}. More at {{l|en|how}}.

====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|Northumbria|Geordie}} [[how]]

====References====
* {{R:Northumberland 1880}}
* {{R:Todds Geordie 1977}}
* {{R:Dobson & Irwin Newcastle 1970}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|en|enm|hough}}, {{m|enm|hogh}}, {{m|enm|ho}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hōh}}. {{doublet|en|hough}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|outside|placenames}} A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

===See also===
{{col2|en|title=multiword phrases containing "hoo"|boo hoo|boo-hoo|hoo boy|hoo hoo|hoo man|hoo-boy|hoo-ha|hoo-haa|hoo-hah|hoo-har|hoo-hoo|woo hoo|yoo hoo|yoo-hoo| hootie hoo}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hoo|OOH|oho|ooh}}

==Arapaho==

===Noun===
{{head|arp|nouns}}

# [[porcupine]]

==Estonian==

===Noun===
{{head|et|noun form}}

# {{noun form of|et|hoog||gen|s}}

==Finnish==

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|fi|interjection}}
Possibly from {{der|fi|sv|hå}}.

====Interjection====
{{head|fi|intj}} {{tlb|fi|dated}}

# [[eek]] {{gloss|displaying shock and surprise}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|fi|letter}}
From {{der|fi|sv|hå}}, ultimately from {{der|fi|la|hā}} with raising of {{IPAchar|/aː/}} to {{IPAchar|/oː/}}.

====Noun====
{{fi-noun}}

# [[aitch]] ({{Latn-def|fi|name|H|h|nodot=1}})

=====Usage notes=====
* Speakers often use the expression {{m|fi||h-[[kirjain]]|letter h}} instead of inflecting this word, especially in the plural.

=====Declension=====
{{fi-decl-maa|hoo|a}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|fi|kirjain|h-kirjain}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|fi|hoomoilasena}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=hoo|oho}}

{{cln|fi|three-letter words}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronoun====
{{head|enm|pronoun}}

# {{alt form|enm|who|id=who|t=who|pos=nominative}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|hough|t=hough, hock|id=hough}}

==Scots==

===Etymology===
See also {{m|sco|foo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sco|/huː/}}

===Adverb===
{{sco-adv|-}}

# [[how]]
# [[why]]

===References===
* {{R:DSL|pos=adv}}