hokku

[ haw-koo, hok-oo ]
noun,plural hok·ku.Prosody.

  1. the opening verse of a linked verse series.

  2. haiku.

Origin of hokku

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Japanese, from hok “departure, start” (akin to Cantonese faat, Korean bal, Mandarin fā ) + ku “phrase, stanza” (akin to Cantonese geoi, Korean gu, Mandarin jù )

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British Dictionary definitions for hokku

hokku

/ (ˈhɒkuː) /

nounplural -ku

  1. prosody another word for haiku

Origin of hokku

1
from Japanese, from hok beginning + ku hemistich

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