huik
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch hoyke, from Old Dutch heucken, probably borrowed from Old French huque, heuque, from Medieval Latin hapax huca, of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately related to huig (“uvula”).
Noun edit
huik f or m (plural huiken, diminutive huikje n)
- (dated, historical) sleeveless cape or coat
- (dated, dialectal, nautical) canvas cover
- (dated, chiefly diminutive) calyptra
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
huik
- inflection of huiken:
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Origin obscure. Perhaps a survival of Old English hyċġan (“to think about, to consider”), or a borrowing of Middle Dutch heugen, huegen (“to think about, heed, remember, recall”).
Verb edit
huik (third-person singular simple present huiks, present participle huikin, simple past huikt, past participle huikt)
- To regard, pay attention to, take into account.
- 1837-1901, Sempill Robert, Thomas Churchyard, edited by James Cranstoun, Satirical poems of the time of the reformation, Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood and sons, published 1891, page 128:
- Tak thay not tent he will not huik it,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)