huik

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœy̯k/

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• Hyphenation: huik
• Rhymes: -œy̯k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoyke, huuc, huke, from Old Dutch heucken, probably borrowed from Old French huque, heuque, from Medieval Latin hapax huca, of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately related to huig (“uvula”).

Noun

huik f or m (plural huiken, diminutive huikje n)

1. (dated, historical) sleeveless cape or coat
2. (dated, dialectal, nautical) canvas cover
3. (dated, chiefly diminutive) calyptra

Derived terms

• houten huik

Descendants

• huque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

huik

1. inflection of huiken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Scots

Alternative forms

• huke

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps a survival of Old English hyċġan (“to think about, to consider”), or a borrowing of Middle Dutch heugen, huegen (“to think about, heed, remember, recall”).

Verb

huik (third-person singular simple present huiks, present participle huikin, simple past huikt, past participle huikt)

1. To regard, pay attention to, take into account.
   • 1837-1901, Sempill Robert, Thomas Churchyard, edited by James Cranstoun, Satirical poems of the time of the reformation, Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood and sons, published 1891, page 128:

     Tak thay not tent he will not huik it,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)