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Finnish
Etymology
Variant of höynä.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhou̯nɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ounɑ
- Syllabification(key): hou‧na
- Hyphenation(key): hou‧na
Noun
houna
(dialectal)
- fool, silly person
- (Pori) glutton
- (mildly vulgar, parts of Kymenlaakso and Eastern Uusimaa) damn (mild curse)
Declension
Kaskihá
Noun
houna
- water
References
- Boletín de filología (Instituto de Estudios Superiores; Montevideo, Uruguay; 1946), volume 5, issues 31-36, page 157: Para "agua" tenemos en significado huitoto "hainoy" (o "hainoi"), que solamente podríamos relacionarlo con el quechua "hunu"; el Guaná "houna";
- Anales: Sección historico-filosófica (Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo), volume 1 (2), part 1: Tribu: Guaná, Región: Río Paraguay, I: Agua: houna