hukke

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Limburgish hucken, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.kə/
• Rhymes: -ukə

Verb

hukke (third-person singular present hukkt, past participle gehukkt, auxiliary verb séëne) (Eupen)

1. to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position

Conjugation

Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive	hukke
participle	gehukkt
auxiliary	séëne
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	hukk	hukkde	—
2nd singular	hukks	hukkdes	hukk
3rd singular	hukkt	hukkde	—
1st plural	hukke	hukkde	—
2nd plural	hukkt	hukkde	hukkt
3rd plural	hukke	hukkde	—