huk
See also: hu·k
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch hoek (“corner, angle”), from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
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huk (first-person possessive hukku, second-person possessive hukmu, third-person possessive huknya)
- (colloquial) land or building at the corner.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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huk
- imperative of huke
Polish edit
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huk m inan
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Declension of huk
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Quechua edit
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huk
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huk
Serbo-Croatian edit
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hȗk m (Cyrillic spelling ху̑к)
- rumble, roar, rumble (indefinite noise or murmur)
- roar (of water falling or flowing)
- whistle (of wind)
- hoot (cry of an owl)
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From huka (“crouch, squat”). Attested since 1750.
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huk
- (in some expressions) a squatting position
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huk
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huk intrans., transitive hukim
- (intransitive) to fish.