Inherited fromMiddle Frenchhune, fromOld Frenchhune, a borrowing fromOld Norsehúnn, fromProto-Germanic*hūnaz. Cognate withEnglishhune,hound(“foretop”).

• ^{(aspirated h)}IPA^(key): /yn/

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hune f (pluralhunes)

1. (nautical)foretop

• “hune”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

FromProto-Polynesian*fune – compare withTahitianhune,Samoanfune andTonganfune.^[1][2] Sense of pappus transferred from "breadfruit core" > "fluffy pappus [and its receptacle]" due to absence of breadfruit in New Zealand's temperate climate.

hune

1. (obsolete)core of abreadfruit.
2. pappus of reeds likeraupo that disperse itsachened seeds.
3. down
   1. plantpubescence
   2. young soft feathers of a bird

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “hune”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language, page82
• “hune” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.ne/,[ˈhu.ne]

hune f

1. horehound(herb)

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦuɲe]

hune

1. inflection ofhuňa:
   1. nominative/accusativeplural
   2. genitivesingular

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