hukke
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Limburgish hucken, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhu.kə/
- Rhymes: -ukə
Verb
hukke (third-person singular present hukkt, past participle gehukkt, auxiliary verb séëne) (Eupen)
- to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position
Conjugation
| Regular (Eupen dialect) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hukke | ||
| participle | gehukkt | ||
| auxiliary | séëne | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | hukk | hukkde | — |
| 2nd singular | hukks | hukkdes | hukk |
| 3rd singular | hukkt | hukkde | — |
| 1st plural | hukke | hukkde | — |
| 2nd plural | hukkt | hukkde | hukkt |
| 3rd plural | hukke | hukkde | — |