haukku
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
haukku
- bark (sound made by dogs, seals and some other animals)
- (endearingly) dog
- (figuratively, in the plural) scolding, rebuke; severe negative criticism
- Sain haukut myöhästymisestä.
- I was told off for being late.
- Näytelmä sai haukut kriitikoilta.
- The play got terrible reviews from the critics.
Declension
| Inflection of haukku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haukku | haukut | ||
| genitive | haukun | haukkujen | ||
| partitive | haukkua | haukkuja | ||
| illative | haukkuun | haukkuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | haukku | haukut | ||
| accusative | nom. | haukku | haukut | |
| gen. | haukun | |||
| genitive | haukun | haukkujen | ||
| partitive | haukkua | haukkuja | ||
| inessive | haukussa | haukuissa | ||
| elative | haukusta | haukuista | ||
| illative | haukkuun | haukkuihin | ||
| adessive | haukulla | haukuilla | ||
| ablative | haukulta | haukuilta | ||
| allative | haukulle | haukuille | ||
| essive | haukkuna | haukkuina | ||
| translative | haukuksi | haukuiksi | ||
| abessive | haukutta | haukuitta | ||
| instructive | — | haukuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
- (bark): haukkuminen
- (dog): hauva (endearingly); koira
- (scolding): haukkuminen, moittiminen, sättiminen
Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
- haukkua (to bark)
Further reading
- “1. haukku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
haukata (“to take a bite”) + -u
Noun
haukku
- a bite (e.g. of apple)
Declension
| Inflection of haukku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haukku | haukut | ||
| genitive | haukun | haukkujen | ||
| partitive | haukkua | haukkuja | ||
| illative | haukkuun | haukkuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | haukku | haukut | ||
| accusative | nom. | haukku | haukut | |
| gen. | haukun | |||
| genitive | haukun | haukkujen | ||
| partitive | haukkua | haukkuja | ||
| inessive | haukussa | haukuissa | ||
| elative | haukusta | haukuista | ||
| illative | haukkuun | haukkuihin | ||
| adessive | haukulla | haukuilla | ||
| ablative | haukulta | haukuilta | ||
| allative | haukulle | haukuille | ||
| essive | haukkuna | haukkuina | ||
| translative | haukuksi | haukuiksi | ||
| abessive | haukutta | haukuitta | ||
| instructive | — | haukuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “2. haukku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
Livvi
Alternative forms
- havvukku (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *habukka, from Germanic.
Pronunciation
Noun
haukku
Declension
| Declension of haukku (Type 3/jalgu, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | haukku | haukat |
| genitive | haukan | haukoin |
| partitive | haukkua | haukkoi |
| illative | haukkah | haukkoih |
| inessive | haukas | haukois |
| elative | haukaspäi | haukoispäi |
| allative | haukale | haukoile |
| adessive | haukal | haukoil |
| ablative | haukalpäi | haukoilpäi |
| translative | haukakse | haukoikse |
| essive | haukannu | haukoinnu |
| abessive | haukattah | haukoittah |
| comitative | haukanke | haukoinke |
| instructive | haukoin | |
| prolative | haukači | |
Derived terms
compounds