haukku

Finnish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

haukku

  1. bark (sound made by dogs, seals and some other animals)
  2. (endearingly) dog
  3. (by extension) scolding
Declension
Inflection of haukku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative haukku haukut
genitive haukun haukkujen
partitive haukkua haukkuja
illative haukkuun haukkuihin
singular plural
nominative haukku haukut
accusative nom. haukku haukut
gen. haukun
genitive haukun haukkujen
partitive haukkua haukkuja
inessive haukussa haukuissa
elative haukusta haukuista
illative haukkuun haukkuihin
adessive haukulla haukuilla
ablative haukulta haukuilta
allative haukulle haukuille
essive haukkuna haukkuina
translative haukuksi haukuiksi
instructive — haukuin
abessive haukutta haukuitta
comitative — haukkuineen
Synonyms

Etymology 2

haukata (“to take a bite”) +‎ -u

Noun

haukku

  1. a bite (e.g. of apple)
Synonyms

Anagrams

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *habukka, from Germanic.

Noun

haukku (genitive haukan, partitive haukkua)

  1. falcon
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