different between honu vs honk

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian honu.

Noun

honu (plural honus)

1. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.

Anagrams

• houn'

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. be full

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Arosi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. to fill

References

• Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971)
• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho.nu/, [?honu]

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Honu ne?ep? ka ??ina.

   The land moves like the turtle.

2. sea turtle

Descendants

• ? English: honu

References

• “honu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Kitea ai te honu i te wh?nuitanga atu o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

   The turtle is found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

References

• “honu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Adjective

honu

1. full (as a water pot with water)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “honu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tuamotuan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??k/, /h??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

honk (third-person singular simple present honks, present participle honking, simple past and past participle honked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

2. (intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
3. (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.
4. (slang) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
5. (slang) To have a bad smell.
6. (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

Derived terms

• honker
• honking

Translations

Noun

honk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)

1. The sound produced by a typical car horn.
2. The cry of a goose.
3. (informal) A bad smell.

Translations

Interjection

honk

1. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

honk (plural honks)

1. Clipping of honky.

Anagrams

• Kohn, khon

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages and possibly in the Old High German placename Hancwin. Since cognates outside of Germanic are lacking, the word is probably of substrate origin. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/
• Hyphenation: honk
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

honk n (plural honken, diminutive honkje n)

1. (somewhat rare) home, place where one belongs, shelter
2. (games) base (safe zone, e.g. in baseball and similar sports)

Synonyms

• (home): thuis, heem

Derived terms

• honkbal
• honkvast
• jeugdhonk
• krachthonk

References