hoku - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• IPA^(key): /hòꜛkú/

hoku (Kana spelling ホク)

1. husband (male spouse)

• mat (“wife”)

hokea +‎ -u

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

hoku (rare)

1. rhyme

   Synonym: loru

• hokema

• “hoku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kohu

From Proto-Polynesian (F, S)otu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈho.ku/

hoku

1. Night of the full moon

• Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

hoku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほく

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of hake

• huko

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

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

hoku

1. (inalienable, indefinite) my

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 322