huka

== 'Are'are == === Noun === huka wife === References === Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎[1], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28 == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuka/ [ˈhʉkɐ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fuka (“foam”). Cognate with Hawaiian huʻa (“foam, bubbles”) ==== Noun ==== huka snow, foam, froth, any white form of precipitation ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From English sugar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possible semantic influence from Etymology 1?”) ==== Noun ==== huka sugar ===== Derived terms ===== huka parauri (“brown sugar”) mate huka (“diabetes”) === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “huka”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “FUKA.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === huket hukte (simple past) hukt (past participle) === Verb === huka inflection of huke: simple past past participle == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse húka. Cognate of German hocken, Dutch huiken. Doublet of hög. === Verb === huka (present hukar, preterite hukade, supine hukat, imperative huka) (reflexive) to go down into or be in a (half) sitting position; to squat, to crouch Synonyms: (go into a squatting position) gå ner på huk, (be in a squatting position) sitta på huk Han hukade sig ― He crouched down ==== Usage notes ==== Optionally but more commonly reflexive ("De hukade" is the same as "De hukade sig") ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “huka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “huka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “huka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)