huif
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦœy̯f/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: huif
- Rhymes: -œy̯f
Etymology
From Middle Dutch huve, from Old Dutch *hūfa, a conflation of Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (“hood, cowl”) and Proto-Germanic *hūbī (“hive”).
Cognate with English houve and hive.
Noun
huif f (plural huiven, diminutive huifje n)
- cap
- Synonym: kap
- chaperon (headgear)
- Synonym: kaproen
- cap to blind a falcon used in hunting
- Synonyms: valkenkap, valkenmuts
- canvas wrapped around a prairie schooner or other covered wagon
- hive
- beehive
- Synonyms: bijenkorf, immenkorf
- beehive
Derived terms
- (canvas): huifkar, huifwagen
- (hive): bijenhuif, immenhuif
Related terms
- huiven
Limburgish
Noun
huif f (plural huive)
- marble (a small spherical ball of rock or glass used in children's games)