hukka

hukka (plural hukkas)

1. Alternative spelling of hookah

Derived from hukk. See also hukas.

hukka

1. into ruin, into destruction, into death

   Mitu inimest said õnnetuses hukka.

   Many people died in the accident. (lit. "got into ruin")

2. into a degenerated state, into a disorderly state

   Viinapudel tema hukka viiski.

   It was the vodka bottle that brought him down.

From Proto-Finnic *hukka (“loss, ruin”), with uncertain links to Permic and Germanic languages.

• Hyphenation: huk‧ka
• Rhymes: -ukːɑ
• IPA^(key): [ˈhukːɑ]

hukka

1. waste, loss; often used as head of compound terms, in which the modifier reveals what is lost, e.g. rahanhukka (“waste of money”), verenhukka (“blood loss”); see also hukassa, hukkaan.
2. (idiomatic, with the verb periä) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate)

   Nyt meidät hukka perii!

   We are doomed!

3. (familiar, informal) wolf
4. (hunting) A situation in which a hound loses the scent and is not able to find it again.

• (wolf): susi

• hukkua
• hukuksissa
• hukuttaa
• hukuttautua

• hakku

hukka (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. wolf