hukhan

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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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

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hukhan (third-person singular present indicative hukhet, past participle gahùkhet)

  1. (Sette Comuni) Used in hùkhanzich (“to squat down, crouch down”)

Further reading

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  • “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
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