hune

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French hune, from Old French hune, a borrowing from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz. Cognate with English hune, hound (“foretop”). === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /yn/ === Noun === hune f (plural hunes) (nautical) foretop === Further reading === “hune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fune – compare with Tahitian hune, Samoan fune and Tongan fune. Sense of pappus transferred from "breadfruit core" > "fluffy pappus [and its receptacle]" due to absence of breadfruit in New Zealand's temperate climate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhune/ [ˈhʉnɛ] === Noun === hune (obsolete) core of a breadfruit. pappus of reeds like raupo that disperse its achened seeds. down plant pubescence young soft feathers of a bird === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hune”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 82 “hune” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxu.ne/, [ˈhu.ne] === Noun === hune f horehound (herb) ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦuɲe/, [ˈɦuɲe] Rhymes: -uɲe Hyphenation: hu‧ne === Noun === hune inflection of huňa: nominative/accusative plural genitive singular