Huk

See also: huk

English

Etymology

Clipping of Hukbalahap, from Tagalog Hukbalahap, an abbreviation of Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (“People's Army Against the Japanese”). The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is from Tagalog hukbo (“army”), which itself is derived from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

Noun

Huk (plural Huks)

1. (Philippines, US, historical) A member of the Hukbalahap.
   • 1963, William J. Pomeroy, The Forest, a Personal Record of the Huk Guerrilla Struggle in the Philippines, page 31:

     But sooner or later, there will be decisions to make: I cannot go to your country for I am known as a Huk; you could not stay in mine if your sympathies for us are discovered.

   • 2009 April 22, Vina A. Lanzona, Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 31:

     Whether portrayed as masculine warriors, female seducers, or wayward mothers, Huk Amazons were regarded as extraordinary and unconventional Filipinas: communist guerrillas trained to fight as soldiers against the government and women who lived in the forests, fraternized with men, and had children outside marriage.

Anagrams

• HKU, khu, kuh

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦuk]

Proper noun

Huk m anim (female equivalent Huková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Huk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Huk	Hukové
genitive	Huka	Huků
dative	Hukovi	Hukům
accusative	Huka	Huky
vocative	Huku	Hukové
locative	Hukovi	Hucích
instrumental	Hukem	Huky

Further reading

• “Huk”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣuk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦuk/

Proper noun

Huk m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Huk (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Huk	Huky	Huci, Hukové
genitive	Huka	Hukú	Hukóv
dative	Huku, Hukovi	Hukoma	Hukóm
accusative	Huka	Huky	Huky
vocative	Huče	Huky	Huci, Hukové
locative	Huku, Hukovi	Hukú	Huciech
instrumental	Hukem	Hukoma	Huky

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Huk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

From Polish huk (“loud noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuk/
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Huk
• Homophone: huk

Proper noun

Huk m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Huk

	singular	plural
nominative	Huk	Hukowie
genitive	Huka	Huków
dative	Hukowi	Hukom
accusative	Huka	Huków
instrumental	Hukiem	Hukami
locative	Huku	Hukach
vocative	Huku	Hukowie

Proper noun

Huk f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Huk”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦuk]

Proper noun

Huk m pers (female equivalent Huková)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Huk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Huk, a clipping of Hukbalahap, an abbreviation of Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (“People's Army Against the Japanese”). The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is hukbo (“army”), derived from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhuk/ [ˈhuk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Huk

Noun

Huk (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔)

1. (historical) member of the Hukbalahap
   • 1996, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas: 1940-1965, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:

     Pinayuhan din ni Whitney si MacArthur na magpalabas ng proklamasyong nag-uutos sa mga Huk na isuko ang kanilang armas sa "pinakamalapit na komandante ng US military..."48

     Whitney also advised MacArthur to release a proclamation ordering the Huks to surrender their arms to "the nearest US military commander..."

Related terms

• Hukbalahap