huismus

Dutch (Brabantic)

noun
Definitions
  • house sparrow
  • (figurative) person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out

Etymology

Compound from Dutch, Flemish huis (house, home, encasing, huis, institution, house -, house-, domestic-, domestic, building, casing, construction) + Dutch, Flemish mus (sparrow).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

mus

Gloss

sparrow

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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