húka

See also: huka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse húka.

Verb

húka (third person singular past indicative heyk, third person plural past indicative huku, supine hokið)

to squat

Conjugation

Conjugation of húka

number	singular			plural
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infinitive	húka
present participle	húkandi
past participle a26	hokin
supine	hokið
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	húki	hýkur	hýkur	húka
past	heyk	heykst	heyk	huku
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	húk!	—	húkið!

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse húka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhuːka/
Rhymes: -uːka

Verb

húka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative húkti, supine húkt)

to crouch, squat

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Middle Low German hûken, Old High German hūchan (> German hocken), Dutch huiken. From Proto-Indo-European *keu-, "to bend", compare English hook.

Verb

húka

to squat

Descendants

Danish: huge
Faroese: húka
Icelandic: húka

Norwegian (Bokmål): huke
Norwegian (Nynorsk): huka, huke
Swedish: huka

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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