huhu

Borrowed from Maori huhu.

huhu (plural huhus)

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

• uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh

Considered descriptive.

huhu

1. rumour/rumor

   Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

   Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

• huhuta

• huhukampanja
• huhumylly
• huhupuhe

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːhuː/

huhu

1. (colloquial) hello

• huhu in Duden online

An areal word found in both Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú.

hū̀hū m (plural hū̀hū, possessed form hū̀hun)

1. lung

hūhū̀ m (plural hūhunā̀, possessed form hūhùn)

1. wrapping used to store kola nuts

From Proto-Polynesian *susu

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.hu/

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

huhu

1. To suck

huhu

1. wet

• huhua

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

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

huhu

1. breast (female organ)