huif

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœy̯f/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: huif
  • Rhymes: -œy̯f

Etymology

From Middle Dutch huve, from Old Dutch *hūfa, a conflation of Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (hood, cowl) and Proto-Germanic *hūbī (hive).

Cognate with English houve and hive.

Noun

huif f (plural huiven, diminutive huifje n)

  1. cap
    Synonym: kap
    1. chaperon (headgear)
      Synonym: kaproen
    2. cap to blind a falcon used in hunting
      Synonyms: valkenkap, valkenmuts
    3. canvas wrapped around a prairie schooner or other covered wagon
  2. hive
    1. beehive
      Synonyms: bijenkorf, immenkorf

Derived terms


Limburgish

Noun

huif f (plural huive)

  1. marble (a small spherical ball of rock or glass used in children's games)
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