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hok⋅ku

  [haw-koo, hok-oo]
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–noun, plural -ku. Prosody.
1. the opening verse of a linked verse series.
2. haiku.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Japn, equiv. to hok opening, first + ku stanza; earlier fot-ku < MChin, equiv. to Chin fá depart + jù phrase
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Haiku Poems
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hok·ku   (hō'kōō)   
n.   pl. hokku
A haiku.

[Japanese : hotsu, to start, give rise to (from Middle Chinese puat) + ku, phrase, haiku; see haiku.]
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