hokea

== Finnish == === Etymology === Possibly sound-symbolic. Cognate with Karelian hokuo / hoguo. Alternatively, possibly related to Komi-Zyrian шуны (šuny) and Udmurt шуыны (šuyny). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhokeɑˣ/, [ˈho̞k̟e̞ɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -okeɑ Syllabification(key): ho‧ke‧a Hyphenation(key): ho‧kea === Verb === hokea (transitive, usually atelic) to repeat (utter over and over again) to parrot (to repeat without understanding) to cuckoo (to repeat incessantly) to roll (to utter copiously, especially with sounding words) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hokea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023