different between endemic vs huhu
endemic
English
Alternative forms
- endemick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) + ????? (dêmos, “people”). Possibly via ??????? (énd?mos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?n?d?m.?k/
- Rhymes: -?m?k
Adjective
endemic (not comparable)
- Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
- The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
- (especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
- Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
- (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
- Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
- 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
- These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
- 2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, "Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail", in smh.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald;
- In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.
Usage notes
An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:endemic.
Synonyms
- (native to a particular area): native
- (peculiar to a particular area): indigenous
Antonyms
- (native to a particular area): alien, introduced
- (localized): systemic
Derived terms
Related terms
- ecdemic
- endemism
- epidemic
- pandemic
Translations
Noun
endemic (plural endemics)
- An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
- The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
- A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “endemic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Romanian
Etymology
From French endémique
Adjective
endemic m or n (feminine singular endemic?, masculine plural endemici, feminine and neuter plural endemice)
- endemic
Declension
Related terms
- endemicitate
endemic From the web:
- what endemic means
- what endemic disease
- what pandemic was in 1920
- what pandemic
- what pandemic happened in 1918
- what pandemic killed the most people
- what pandemic happened in 2009
- what pandemic happened in 1819
huhu
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori huhu.
Noun
huhu (plural huhus)
- A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.
- Synonym: huhu beetle
Anagrams
- uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh
Finnish
Etymology
Considered descriptive.
Noun
huhu
- rumour/rumor
- Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.
- Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.
- Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.
Declension
Derived terms
- huhuta
Compounds
- huhukampanja
- huhumylly
- huhupuhe
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hu?hu?/
Interjection
huhu
- (colloquial) hello
Further reading
- “huhu” in Duden online
Hausa
Etymology 1
An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú.
Noun
h??h? m (plural h??h?, possessed form h??hun)
- lung
Etymology 2
Noun
h?h?? m (plural h?hun??, possessed form h?hùn)
- wrapping used to store kola nuts
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hu.hu/, [?huhu]
Noun
huhu
- termite (a wood boring insect)
Verb
huhu
- (stative) worm-eaten
- (stative) rotten
References
- “huhu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *susu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hu.hu/
Noun
huhu
- 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)
- Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
- Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
- fork
Verb
huhu
- To suck
Adjective
huhu
- wet
Related terms
- huhua
References
- 1897, Shirley Baker, An English and Tongan vocabulary. Wilsons and Horton: Auckland, NZ.
Woi
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun
huhu
- breast (female organ)
huhu From the web:
- what huhu means
- what huhuhu means
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- huhubels meaning
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- what does hmu mean
- what does huhu mean in german
- what do huhu grubs turn into