husk

Etymology 1
From. Perhaps from, diminutive of , from , from , , from. If so, equivalent to.

Alternatively from, , diminutive of. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, both also used for “snailshell”.

Noun

 * 1) The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
 * 2) Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
 * 3) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
 * 1) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
 * 1) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
 * 1) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Translations

 * Arabic: قِشْرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: лупіна, шалупінне, лупінне, лушпінне, лузга, шалупіна
 * Biatah Bidayuh: budaang
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chamicuro: ijs̈hopa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, suojuslehti,
 * French:
 * Galician:, carepa, prana, pela, folello, casula, , ,
 * German:, , , , Getreidespelze
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λέπος, λέπυρον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , , kukoricaháncs, , , ,
 * Ingrian: akana
 * Irish: crotal
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 外被,
 * Latin: glūma
 * Macedonian: мешунка
 * Malay: sekam
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Maori: pakawhā, kōpaki
 * Mazanderani: سوس
 * Middle English: huske
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Schluw
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, dry,  hard,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tocharian B: pīsäl
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: cib, cibau


 * Bulgarian: обелка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: waardeloos omhulsel
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * German: (1,2)
 * Icelandic: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To remove husks from.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:, descascar
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Icelandic: afhýða
 * Italian:, , , capare, sbaccellare,
 * Maori: kōwhā
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
Partly, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

Verb

 * 1)  To cough, clear one's throat.
 * 2)  To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
 * 1)  To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

Verb

 * 1)  (remember)