haku

From Hawaiian [Term?].

haku

1. (Hawaii) A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making lei.

• haku lei

From Maori [Term?].

haku

1. (New Zealand) The yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaku]
• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: ha‧ku

haku

1. accusative singular of haka

hakea (“to search; to apply”) +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑku/, [ˈhɑ̝ku]
• Rhymes: -ɑku
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧ku
• Hyphenation^(key): ha‧ku

haku

1. search (act or result of searching or seeking)
2. applying, application (act of applying, or submitting oneself as a candidate)

   hakuaika / hakukausi ― application period

• “haku”, 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 2 July 2023

• kahu, kuha, uhka

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haku

1. genitalia

   Te Sudi biloto'o, ilotuhata lo bali to haku.

   Sudi fainted, (because) a ball hit (his) genitalia.

From Malay hak (“right”), from Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq, “truth”).

haku

1. that which complies with justice, law, or reason; right.

   Haku to tawu diila bolo ma'o hama.

   Someone's right must not be infringed.

• IPA^(key): /ha.ˈku/

haku

1. warm, hot

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ku/, [ˈhɐ.ku]

From Proto-Central Polynesian *fatu.

haku

1. lord, master, overseer, employer, owner, possessor, proprietor, luna

From Proto-Polynesian *fatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

haku

1. core, lump, stone, coconut sponge
2. stone (of a fruit), seeds and pulp (of a melon)

• pōhaku

From Proto-Polynesian *fatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.

haku

1. (transitive) to compose, to invent, to put in order, to arrange
2. (transitive) to braid, to plait

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “haku”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

haku

1. Rōmaji transcription of はく

haku

1. yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)

   Synonyms: makumaku, warehenga

• Biggs, Bruce [Grandison] (1990) English–Maori, Maori–English Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, EBSCOhost edsebk, Goodreads, Google Books, Library Thing, Nexus/STC, page 89
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 14: “Háku, s. The name of a fish.”

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ku/
• Rhymes: -aku
• Syllabification: ha‧ku

haku m inan

1. locative/vocative singular of hak

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.kʊ/

haku (defective)

1. let's go

   Synonym: hakuchik

   Llaqtayta haku! ― Let's go to my town!

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aku.

• hak'u (Cuzco-Collao) ("flour")

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.kʊ/

haku

1. (Ayacucho) alternative form of aku

Borrowed from Japanese 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). Compare Amis hako.

• IPA^(key): /ha.ˈku/, [ha.ˈku]

haku

1. box; case

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʲa.ku]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ku

haku

1. (alienable, indefinite) my

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 295

From Japanese 履く (haku, “to wear shoes or pants”).

haku

1. to put on; to don (clothing or other objects)

• Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎^[4], pages 513-532