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Huk
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huk húk
English
Etymology
en :clip Hukbalahap
en Hukbalahap, from en tl Hukbalahap, an tl Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon People's Army Against the Japanese 1 1. The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is from en tl hukbo army, which itself is derived from en nan-hbl 服務 ho̍k-bū service.
Noun
en Philippines US historical A member of the Hukbalahap.
en 1963 31 William J. Pomeroy The Forest, a Personal Record of the Huk Guerrilla Struggle in the Philippines 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.
en 2009-04-22 Vina A. Lanzona Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines Univ of Wisconsin Press 9780299230937 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
en hku HKU khu kuh
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Huková
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
zlw-ocs male
Declension
m.pr
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Polish
Etymology
From Polish pl huk loud noise.
Pronunciation
huk
Proper noun
m-pr
pl m
Declension
Hukowie Huków
Proper noun
f 1 Hukowa Hukówna
pl f
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Huková
sk m
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Huk 1
tl en Huk, a tl Hukbalahap 1, an tl w:Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon People's Army Against the Japanese 1 1. The initial word itself where the abbreviation comes from is tl hukbo army, derived from tl nan-hbl 服務 ho̍k-bū service 1.
Pronunciation
Noun
+ tl historical
member of the Hukbalahap
tl 1996 Renato Constantino Ang bagong lumipas: 1940-1965 University of Philippines Press 9789715421324 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
tl Hukbalahap