Huk

Clipping of Hukbalahap, from Tagalog Hukbalahap, an abbreviation of Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (“People's Army Against the Japanese”).
The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is from Tagalog hukbo (“army”), which itself is derived from Hokkien 服務 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

Huk (plural Huks)

1. (Philippines, US, historical) A member of the Hukbalahap.

• HKU, khu, kuh

From Polish huk (“loud noise”).

• IPA^(key): /xuk/
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Huk

Huk m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

From English Huk, a clipping of Hukbalahap, an abbreviation of Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (“People's Army Against the Japanese”). The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is hukbo (“army”), derived from Hokkien 服務 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuk/, [ˈhuk]

Huk

1. (historical) member of the Hukbalahap
   • 1996, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas: 1940-1965, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:

     Pinayuhan din ni Whitney si MacArthur na magpalabas ng proklamasyong nag-uutos sa mga Huk na isuko ang kanilang armas sa "pinakamalapit na komandante ng US military..."48

     Whitney also advised MacArthur to release a proclamation ordering the Huks to surrender their arms to "the nearest US military commander..."

• Hukbalahap