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huppu.

hood (covering for the head; protective cover)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhupːu/[ˈhupːu]

  1. hood (covering for the head; protective cover)

  2. construction tarp (used to temporarily cover a building for construction during winter or cold weather)

  3. hoodie (foreskin)

    slang
Where this word comes from

Unclear. * Perhaps from huppa, huppo (“a type of hoodlike headwear; covering”) + -u. Compare dialectal hupussa, umpihupussa (“covered”) and huppeluksissa (“under water”). * Possibly derived through contamination with the words hukkua (“to drown”), uppo (“under water”) and upota (“to sink”). * Cognate with Karelian huppu (“hood, covering”), though that may be a loan of the Finnish word.

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