hoku

See also: hȯku, hōkū, and hǫku

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hòꜛkú/

Noun

hoku (Kana spelling ホク)

1. husband (male spouse)

Antonyms

• mat (“wife”)

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Finnish

Etymology

hokea +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoku/, [ˈho̞ku]
• Rhymes: -oku
• Syllabification: ho‧ku

Noun

hoku

1. (rare) rhyme

   Synonym: loru

Declension

Inflection of hoku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
nominative		hoku	hout
genitive		houn	hokujen
partitive		hokua	hokuja
illative		hokuun	hokuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hoku	hout
accusative	nom.	hoku	hout
	gen.	houn
genitive		houn	hokujen
partitive		hokua	hokuja
inessive		houssa	houissa
elative		housta	houista
illative		hokuun	hokuihin
adessive		houlla	houilla
ablative		houlta	houilta
allative		houlle	houille
essive		hokuna	hokuina
translative		houksi	houiksi
instructive		—	houin
abessive		houtta	houitta
comitative		—	hokuineen

Possessive forms of hoku (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hokuni	hokumme
2nd person	hokusi	hokunne
3rd person	hokunsa

See also

• hokema

Anagrams

• kohu

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian (F, S)otu

Noun

hoku

1. Night of the full moon

References

• Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

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Japanese

Romanization

hoku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほく

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hòku f (definite singular hòko, indefinite plural hòkur, definite plural hòkune)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by hake

Anagrams

• huko

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Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʲo.ku/
• Hyphenation: ho‧ku

Determiner

hoku

1. (inalienable, indefinite) my

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person	hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person	hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 322