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humuhumu en · NOUN

Etymology

Clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa under influence from Hawaiian humuhumu (“triggerfish”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa.
    • And so he does: Jules travels the globe to hug, among others, a chimpanzee, a giraffe, a gnu, a panda, a wombat and a humuhumu fish (fun to read aloud, whether you know how to pronounce it or not). 2007 November 11, Bruce Handy, “Escapes”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015: