huk

From Dutch hoek (“corner, angle”), from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʊk̚]

huk (first-person possessive hukku, second-person possessive hukmu, third-person possessive huknya)

1. (colloquial) land or building at the corner.

• hoek
• hook

huk

1. imperative of huke

Onomatopoeic. Compare Serbo-Croatian huk.

• IPA^(key): /xuk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: huk

huk m inan

1. noise, boom, bang, crash, rumble

• huk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• huk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• juk

huk

1. one

huk

1. another, other

• IPA^(key): /xûːk/

hȗk m (Cyrillic spelling ху̑к)

1. rumble, roar, rumble (indefinite noise or murmur)
2. roar (of water falling or flowing)
3. whistle (of wind)
4. hoot (cry of an owl)

From huka (“crouch, squat”). Attested since 1750.

huk

1. (in some expressions) a squatting position

• på huk

• huk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• huk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• huk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From English hook.

huk

1. a hook, especially a fish hook.

huk intrans., transitive hukim

1. (intransitive) to fish.