hukka

Definitions

• waste, loss; often used as head of compound terms, in which the modifier reveals what is lost, e.g. rahanhukka (waste of money), verenhukka (blood loss); see also hukassa (hukassa), hukkaan (hukkaan).
• (idiomatic) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate)
• (familiar) wolf
• (hunting) A situation in which a hound loses the scent and is not able to find it again.