huhu

English

Etymology

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

Noun

huhu (plural huhus)

  1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.
    Synonym: huhu beetle

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

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

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

Noun

huhu

  1. rumour
    Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.
    Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

Declension
Inflection of huhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative huhu huhut
genitive huhun huhujen
partitive huhua huhuja
illative huhuun huhuihin
singular plural
nominative huhu huhut
accusative nom. huhu huhut
gen. huhun
genitive huhun huhujen
partitive huhua huhuja
inessive huhussa huhuissa
elative huhusta huhuista
illative huhuun huhuihin
adessive huhulla huhuilla
ablative huhulta huhuilta
allative huhulle huhuille
essive huhuna huhuina
translative huhuksi huhuiksi
instructive — huhuin
abessive huhutta huhuitta
comitative — huhuineen
Possessive forms of huhu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person huhuni huhumme
2nd person huhusi huhunne
3rd person huhunsa

Derived terms

Compounds

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːhuː/
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

huhu

  1. (colloquial) hello

Further reading
  • “huhu” in Duden online

Hausa

Etymology 1

An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú, Bura fufu, Mangas huhu, Ngizim fūfû.

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

Noun

hū̀hū m (plural hū̀hū, possessed form hū̀hun)

  1. lung

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

Noun

hūhū̀ m (plural hūhunā̀, possessed form hūhùn)

  1. wrapping used to store kola nuts

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhu.hu/, [ˈhuhu]

Noun

huhu

  1. termite (a wood boring insect)

Verb

huhu

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

References
  • “huhu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Mangas

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hùhú/

Noun

huhu

  1. lungs

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

Tongan
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Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *susu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hu.hu/

Noun

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

Derived terms

Verb

huhu

  1. To suck

Adjective

huhu

  1. wet

References
  • 1897, Shirley Baker, An English and Tongan vocabulary. Wilsons and Horton: Auckland, NZ.

Woi

Etymology

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

Noun

huhu

  1. breast (female organ)
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