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huhu

huhu

English

Noun

huhu (plural huhus)

  1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

Anagrams


Finnish

Noun

huhu

  1. rumour/rumor
    Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.
    Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

Declension

Inflection of huhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative huhu huhut
genitive huhun huhujen
partitive huhua huhuja
illative huhuun huhuihin
singular plural
nominative huhu huhut
accusative nom. huhu huhut
gen. huhun
genitive huhun huhujen
partitive huhua huhuja
inessive huhussa huhuissa
elative huhusta huhuista
illative huhuun huhuihin
adessive huhulla huhuilla
ablative huhulta huhuilta
allative huhulle huhuille
essive huhuna huhuina
translative huhuksi huhuiksi
instructive huhuin
abessive huhutta huhuitta
comitative huhuineen

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːhuː/

Interjection

huhu

  1. (colloquial) hello

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *susu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhu.hu/

Noun

huhu

  1. breast; breasts; teat
    Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
    Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:
    1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)
    There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:
    1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)
  2. fork

Verb

huhu

  1. To suck

Adjective

huhu

  1. wet

Related terms

References

  • 1897, Shirley Baker, An English and Tongan vocabulary. Wilsons and Horton: Auckland, NZ.
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Woi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

huhu

  1. breast (female organ)