hukka

English

Noun

hukka (plural hukkas)

  1. Alternative spelling of hookah

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

  1. (familiarly) wolf
  2. (idiomatic, with the verb periä) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate)
    Nyt meidät hukka perii!
    We are doomed!
  3. 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.
  4. (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

Derived terms

Compounds

  • hukkapala
  • hukkaprosentti
  • hukkaputki
  • hukkareissu
  • hukkatyö

Anagrams

Karelian

Noun

hukka (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. wolf
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