hukke

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Limburgish hucken, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhu.kə/
  • Rhymes: -ukə

Verb

hukke (third-person singular present hukkt, past participle gehukkt, auxiliary verb séëne) (Eupen)

  1. to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position

Conjugation

Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive hukke
participle gehukkt
auxiliary séëne
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular hukk hukkde —
2nd singular hukks hukkdes hukk
3rd singular hukkt hukkde —
1st plural hukke hukkde —
2nd plural hukkt hukkde hukkt
3rd plural hukke hukkde —
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