huikka - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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Probably from dialectal huikka (“tapering, tapered”), since bottles have a tapered shape.[1] That word in turn is related to hui, huippu. May also be influenced by hiukka.
- IPA(key): /ˈhui̯kːɑ/, [ˈhui̯kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uikːɑ
- Syllabification(key): huik‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): huik‧ka
huikka (informal)
^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021), Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
- “huikka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
- hiukka, hukkia, kuhkia