kihu

 

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kihut

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkihu/, [ˈk̟iɦu]
• Rhymes: -ihu
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧hu

Sound-symbolic in reference to the skua's fast flight speed.^[1]

kihu

1. skua, jaeger (bird of the genus Stercorarius)
2. (in the plural) the genus Stercorarius or the family Stercorariidae.

• chilenkihu (“Stercorarius chilensis, Chilean skua”)
• etelämantereenkihu (“Stercorarius maccormicki, south polar skua”)
• etelänkihu (“Stercorarius antarcticus, brown skua / southern skua”)
• isokihu (“Stercorarius skua, great skua”)
• leveäpyrstökihu (“Stercorarius pomarinus, pomarine skua / pomarine jaeger”)
• merikihu (“Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaeger / arctic skua”)
• tunturikihu (“Stercorarius longicaudus, long-tailed jaeger”)

• “kihu”, 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 2023-07-01

kihistä +‎ -u

kihu

1. bustle, stir

• huki, ihku

From kihukihu (“fringe”).

kihu

1. a thrum or fringe thread
2. noodle