خوخة

See also: جوجه

Arabic

خَوْخَة

Etymology 1

Singulative noun composed of خَوْخ (ḵawḵ, “peach; plum”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

خَوْخَة • (ḵawḵa) f (singulative, collective خَوْخ m (ḵawḵ))

1. Template:singulative of
2. (vulgar) gash, fanny

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
Nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
Accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
Genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخ ḵawḵ	الْخَوْخ al-ḵawḵ	خَوْخ ḵawḵ
Nominative	خَوْخٌ ḵawḵun	الْخَوْخُ al-ḵawḵu	خَوْخُ ḵawḵu
Accusative	خَوْخًا ḵawḵan	الْخَوْخَ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَ ḵawḵa
Genitive	خَوْخٍ ḵawḵin	الْخَوْخِ al-ḵawḵi	خَوْخِ ḵawḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
Accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt	الْخَوْخَات al-ḵawḵāt	خَوْخَات ḵawḵāt
Nominative	خَوْخَاتٌ ḵawḵātun	الْخَوْخَاتُ al-ḵawḵātu	خَوْخَاتُ ḵawḵātu
Accusative	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti
Genitive	خَوْخَاتٍ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ ḵawḵāti

Etymology 2

خَوْخَة

Most likely from Old South Arabian 𐩭𐩭 (ḫḫ) from which also Ge'ez ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “door, gate, wall opening”), from which Amharic ኆኅት (ḫoḫət, “space between letters”); also found in Shehri ḫɔh, Mehri ḫā, Soqotri ḥe which there even replaced the Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”), and Biblical Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “crevice, fissure; bramble, thicket; hole, hiding place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaw.xa/

Noun

خَوْخَة • (ḵawḵa) f (plural خُوَخ (ḵuwaḵ))

1. wicket, aperture
   1. hatch, loophole, peephole (in a building’s wall)

      Synonyms: مَنْوَر (manwar), وَصْوَص (waṣwaṣ), وَصْْوَاص (waṣwāṣ), كَوَّة (kawwa), كُوَّة (kuwwa), ثُغْرَة (ṯuḡra)

   2. sluice gate, canal lock (in a passage)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَة ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة ḵawḵat
Nominative	خَوْخَةٌ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ ḵawḵatu
Accusative	خَوْخَةً ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ ḵawḵata
Genitive	خَوْخَةٍ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ ḵawḵati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَتَيْن ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا ḵawḵatā
Accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ ḵawḵatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوَخ ḵuwaḵ	الْخُوَخ al-ḵuwaḵ	خُوَخ ḵuwaḵ
Nominative	خُوَخٌ ḵuwaḵun	الْخُوَخُ al-ḵuwaḵu	خُوَخُ ḵuwaḵu
Accusative	خُوَخًا ḵuwaḵan	الْخُوَخَ al-ḵuwaḵa	خُوَخَ ḵuwaḵa
Genitive	خُوَخٍ ḵuwaḵin	الْخُوَخِ al-ḵuwaḵi	خُوَخِ ḵuwaḵi

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 260
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 51
• Weninger, Stefan (2007) “Ethiopic Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic خُوخَة (ḵūḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuːxa/

Noun

خُوخَة • (ḵūḵa) f (collective خُوخ (ḵūḵ), plural خُوخات (ḵuḵāt))

1. Template:singulative of