hukka

== English == === Noun === hukka (plural hukkas) Alternative spelling of hookah. == Estonian == === Etymology === Derived from hukk. See also hukas. === Adverb === hukka (not comparable) into ruin, into destruction, into death into a degenerated state, into a disorderly state == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hukka (“loss, ruin”), with uncertain links to Permic and Germanic languages. The meaning "wolf", characteristic of the Eastern Finnish dialects, is originally euphemistic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhukːɑ/, [ˈhukːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ukːɑ Syllabification(key): huk‧ka Hyphenation(key): huk‧ka === Noun === hukka waste, loss hukkateho ― wasted power rahanhukka ― waste of money verenhukka ― blood loss (idiomatic, usually in phrases) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate) (informal or Eastern Finnish) wolf Synonym: susi (hunting) A situation in which a hound loses the scent and is not able to find it again. ==== Usage notes ==== (waste): Commonly used in compounds. When it is the headword (and the modifier is in the genitive case), the meaning is “waste of ...”; when it is the modifier, the meaning is “wasted ...”. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hukkua hukuksissa hukuttaa hukuttautua === Further reading === “hukka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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 “hukka”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 17 August 2024. === Anagrams === hakku == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hukka. Cognates include Finnish hukka and Estonian hukk. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhukːɑ/, [ˈhukː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhukːɑ/, [ˈhukːɑ] Rhymes: -ukː, -ukːɑ Hyphenation: huk‧ka === Noun === hukka waste, loss ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 72 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hukka (“loss”), used as a taboo formation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhukːɑ/ Hyphenation: huk‧ka === Noun === hukka (genitive hukan, partitive hukkua) wolf ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (South Karelian, avoidance) čakka ==== Derived terms ==== === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “hukka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “hukka”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN