hukka
English
Noun
hukka (plural hukkas)
- Alternative spelling of hookah
Estonian
Etymology
Derived from hukk. See also hukas.
Adverb
hukka
- into ruin, into destruction, into death
- Mitu inimest said õnnetuses hukka.
- Many people died in the accident. (lit. "got into ruin")
- into a degenerated state, into a disorderly state
- Viinapudel tema hukka viiski.
- It was the vodka bottle that brought him down.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hukka (“loss, ruin”), with uncertain links to Permic and Germanic languages.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: huk‧ka
- Rhymes: -ukːɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈhukːɑ]
Noun
hukka
- waste, loss; often used as head of compound terms, in which the modifier reveals what is lost, e.g. rahanhukka (“waste of money”), verenhukka (“blood loss”); see also hukassa, hukkaan.
- (idiomatic, with the verb periä) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate)
- Nyt meidät hukka perii!
- We are doomed!
- Nyt meidät hukka perii!
- (familiar, informal) wolf
- (hunting) A situation in which a hound loses the scent and is not able to find it again.
Declension
| Inflection of hukka (Kotus type 10/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hukka | hukat | |
| genitive | hukan | hukkien | |
| partitive | hukkaa | hukkia | |
| illative | hukkaan | hukkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hukka | hukat | |
| accusative | nom. | hukka | hukat |
| gen. | hukan | ||
| genitive | hukan | hukkien hukkainrare | |
| partitive | hukkaa | hukkia | |
| inessive | hukassa | hukissa | |
| elative | hukasta | hukista | |
| illative | hukkaan | hukkiin | |
| adessive | hukalla | hukilla | |
| ablative | hukalta | hukilta | |
| allative | hukalle | hukille | |
| essive | hukkana | hukkina | |
| translative | hukaksi | hukiksi | |
| instructive | — | hukin | |
| abessive | hukatta | hukitta | |
| comitative | — | hukkineen | |
Synonyms
- (wolf): susi
Derived terms
- hukassa
- hukata
- hukkaan
- hukkaantua
- hukkautua
- mennä hukkaan
Compounds
- ajanhukka
- hukanputki
- hukka-aika
- hukkaanheitetty
- hukkakaura
- hukkalämpö
- hukkapala
- hukkaprosentti
- hukkaputki
- hukkareissu
- hukkatyö
- hukkateillä
- punahukka
- pussihukka
- susihukka
- verenhukka
Related terms
- hukkua
- hukuksissa
- hukuttaa
- hukuttautua
Anagrams
- hakku
Karelian
Noun
hukka (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- wolf