different between huhu vs dysgenic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori huhu.

Noun

huhu (plural huhus)

1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonym: huhu beetle

Anagrams

• uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh

Finnish

Etymology

Considered descriptive.

Noun

huhu

1. rumour/rumor

   Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

   Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

Declension

Derived terms

• huhuta

Compounds

• huhukampanja
• huhumylly
• huhupuhe

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu?hu?/

Interjection

huhu

1. (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)

1. lung

Etymology 2

Noun

h?h?? m (plural h?hun??, possessed form h?hùn)

1. 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

1. termite (a wood boring insect)

Verb

huhu

1. (stative) worm-eaten
2. (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

1. 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)

2. fork

Verb

huhu

1. To suck

Adjective

huhu

1. 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

1. breast (female organ)

English

Etymology

dys- +? -genic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?d??n?k/

Adjective

dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)

1. (genetics) of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring

   Antonym: eugenic