huik
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦœy̯k/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: huik
- Rhymes: -œy̯k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hoyke, from Old Dutch heucken, probably borrowed from Old French huque, heuque, from Medieval Latin hapax huca, of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately related to huig (“uvula”).
Noun
huik f or m (plural huiken, diminutive huikje n)
- (dated, historical) sleeveless cape or coat
- (dated, dialectal, nautical) canvas cover
- (dated, chiefly diminutive) calyptra
Derived terms
- houten huik
Descendants
- huque
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
huik
- first-person singular present indicative of huiken
- imperative of huiken
Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Scots
Etymology
From Old English hyċġan (“to think about, to consider”).
Verb
huik (third-person singular simple present huiks, present participle huikin, simple past huikt, past participle huikt)
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{{rfdef}}.- 1837-1901, Cranstoun, James, editor, Satirical poems of the time of the reformation, Edinburgh; London: W. Blackwood and sons, published 1891, page 128:
- Tak thay not tent he will not huik it,
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