hukka (pluralhukkas)

1. Alternative spelling ofhookah

Derived fromhukk. See alsohukas.

hukka (not comparable)

1. intoruin, intodestruction, intodeath

   Mitu inimest said õnnetuseshukka.

   Many peopledied in the accident. (lit. "got into ruin")

2. into adegenerated state, into adisorderly state

   Viinapudel temahukka viiski.

   It was the vodka bottle that brought himdown.

FromProto-Finnic*hukka(“loss, ruin”), with uncertain links to Permic and Germanic languages. The meaning "wolf", characteristic of the Eastern Finnish dialects, is originally euphemistic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhukːɑ/,[ˈhukːɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ukːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key):huk‧ka

hukka

1. waste,loss

   hukkateho ―wasted power

   rahanhukka ―waste of money

   verenhukka ―bloodloss

2. (idiomatic, usually in phrases)doom,peril(adverse or terrible fate)
3. (informal or Eastern Finnish)wolf

   Synonym:susi

4. (hunting) A situation in which ahound loses thescent and is not able to find it again.

• (waste): Commonly used in compounds. When it is theheadword (and the modifier is in the genitive case), the meaning is“waste of ...”; when it is themodifier, the meaning is“wasted ...”.

• hukkua
• hukuksissa
• hukuttaa
• hukuttautua

• “hukka”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-02
• “hukka”, inSuomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2022,→ISSN, retrieved2024-08-17.

• hakku

FromProto-Finnic*hukka. Cognates includeFinnishhukka andEstonianhukk.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key): /ˈhukːɑ/,[ˈhukː]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key): /ˈhukːɑ/,[ˈhukːɑ]
• Rhymes:-ukː,-ukːɑ
• Hyphenation:huk‧ka

hukka

1. waste,loss

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page72

FromProto-Finnic*hukka(“loss”), used as a taboo formation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhukːɑ/
• Hyphenation:huk‧ka

hukka (genitivehukan,partitivehukkua)

1. wolf

• (South Karelian, avoidance)čakka

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “hukka”, inСловарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)],→ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “hukka”, inКарельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk,→ISBN

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