hootchinoo

hoot·chi·noo

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hoo-chuh-noo, hoo-chuh-noo]
- /ˈhu tʃəˌnu, ˌhu tʃəˈnu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hoo-chuh-noo, hoo-chuh-noo]
- /ˈhu tʃəˌnu, ˌhu tʃəˈnu/

Definitions of hootchinoo word

abbreviation HOOTCHINOO hoochinoo. 1
noun plural hootchinoo a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians. 1

See all 2 definitions of hootchinoo

Information block about the term

Origin of hootchinoo

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

1875-80, Americanism; orig. the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island, Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alteration of Tlingit xucnu·wú literally, brown bear's fort (xú·c brown bear + nu·w fortified place)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hootchinoo

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hootchinoo

hootchinoo popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hootchinoo usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer