huka
See also: húka
'Are'are
Noun
huka
- wife
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Maori
Etymology 1
Cognate with Hawaiian huʻa (“foam, bubbles”)
Noun
huka
- snow, foam, froth, any white form of precipitation
Etymology 2
From English sugar.
Noun
huka
- sugar
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- huket
- hukte (simple past)
- hukt (past participle)
Verb
huka
- inflection of huke:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse húka. Cognate of German hocken, Dutch huiken. Doublet of hög.
Verb
huka (present hukar, preterite hukade, supine hukat, imperative huka)
- (reflexive) to go down into or be in a (half) sitting position; to crouch, to squat
- Han hukade sig ― He crouched down
- Synonyms: (go into a squatting position) gå ner på huk, (be in a squatting position) sitta på huk
Usage notes
Optionally but more commonly reflexive ("De hukade" is the same as "De hukade sig")
Conjugation
Conjugation of huka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | huka | hukas | ||
| Supine | hukat | hukats | ||
| Imperative | huka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | huken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | hukar | hukade | hukas | hukades |
| Ind. plural1 | huka | hukade | hukas | hukades |
| Subjunctive2 | huke | hukade | hukes | hukades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | hukande | |||
| Past participle | hukad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- huka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- huka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- huka in Svensk ordbok (SO)