hukhan
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Cimbrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”). Cognate with Alemannic German and Bavarian hucken; also German hocken (from Low German). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb[edit]
hukhan (third-person singular present indicative hukhet, past participle gahùkhet)
- (Sette Comuni) Used in hùkhanzich (“to squat down, crouch down”)
Further reading[edit]
- “hukhan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo