huhta

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === huuhta (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hukta, probably borrowed from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”)). Related also to Erzya чувто (čuvto, “tree”), Moksha шуфта (šufta, “tree”), but these were probably borrowed separately from the same source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuhtɑ/, [ˈhuht̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -uhtɑ Syllabification(key): huh‧ta Hyphenation(key): huh‧ta === Noun === huhta (agriculture, historical) swidden; woodland cleared and burned for cultivation according to slash-and-burn agriculture Synonym: kaski (specifically) a swidden made by burning coniferous trees ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “huhta”, 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