huhu

Borrowed from Maori huhu (“larval form of this beetle”), from Proto-Polynesian *fufu (“weevil”).

huhu (plural huhus)

1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonym: huhu beetle

• uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh

From an onomatopoeic root.[1] Related to words such as huh, huhista, huhuilla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuhu/, [ˈhuhu]
• Rhymes: -uhu
• Syllabification^(key): hu‧hu

huhu

1. rumour

   Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

   Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

• “huhu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːhuː/

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huhu

1. (colloquial) hello

• “huhu” in Duden online

An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú. Cognate with Bura fufu, Mangas huhu, Ngizim fūfû, Ngamo hū̀hu, Bole hū̀hu/pū̀pu, Duwai fəkfək, Fyer vɔkɔr, Ron fòlòk, Podoko bə́fa, Uldeme mbèf, Muyang xwʊ̀vxwʊ̀v.

• IPA^(key): /hùː.húː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hùː.húː]

hū̀hū m (plural hū̀hū, possessed form hū̀hun)

1. lung

• IPA^(key): /húː.hùː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [húː.hùː]

hūhū̀ m (plural hūhunā̀, possessed form hūhùn)

1. wrapping used to store kola nuts

From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.hu/

huhu

1. termite (a wood boring insect)

huhu

1. (stative) worm-eaten
2. (stative) rotten

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “huhu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

• IPA^(key): /hùhú/

huhu

1. lungs

• Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).

• IPA^(key): /hu.hu/, [hʉ.hʉ]

huhu

1. huhu grub, the larval form of Prionoplus reticularis (a longhorn beetle species of the Cerambycidae family which is the largest endemic beetle found in New Zealand)

• → English: huhu

• “huhu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Onomatopoeic.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhuhu/ [ˈhu.hʊ]
• Rhymes: -uhu
• Syllabification: hu‧hu

huhu! (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜑᜓ)

1. imitating sound of loud crying

From Proto-Polynesian *susu.

• IPA^(key): /hu.hu/

huhu

1. breast; breasts; teat

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

2. fork
3. injection

• huhu taʻofi

huhu

1. To suck

huhu

1. wet

• huhua

• Shirley Baker (1897) An English and Tongan vocabulary (in Tongan), Auckland, NZ: Wilsons and Horton

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

huhu

1. breast (female organ)