húka

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse húka. === Verb === húka (third person singular past indicative heyk, third person plural past indicative huku, supine hokið) to squat ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse húka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuːka/ Rhymes: -uːka === Verb === húka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative húkti, supine húkt) to crouch, squat ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Related to Middle Low German hûken, Old High German hūchan (> German hocken), Dutch huiken. Also compare English hook. === Verb === húka to squat ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “húka”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)