הויקער
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דער
'hump; hunchback'

ETYMOLOGY

OHG hofar, hovar; MHG hoker, hoger (later hocker), hover; NHG höcker
{DW¹ 10: 1651; Herzog 1964: 106}
Vowel 42, Proto-Yiddish ✱ō

Characteristic for Warsaw especially.

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

hɔukr̩ {HOLLAND, Harderwijk 52055, Beem}
Houker {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
- Nor aan houker der rescht is. Houker reglecho beweis rei'echo. 'Only one hump is right. Word play on houker and Hebr. Hokar "let be precious (rare) Your foot in the house of your friend." Er is slechts een Houker die recht is, das is de houker die iemand wijst op gereserveerdheid ten aanzien van vriendschapscontact. There is only one houker which is right, and that is the houker which points to someone with reservations about friendship.' {Jerosche №363{
Bernst. 75 - Ale hojkerss senen krüm, nor der hoykeyr ragl'chu is gleich. (Var. … nor Sch'loumou hamelech's hojker …).

CENTRAL

hojkʲɛ {אַ האָרבאַטע} {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

hojke {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}
- avrejmələ hojkə אַבֿרהמעלע הויקער (for scaring children)

NORTHEASTERN

{זאַמעט} דער העוקער
{אַנדערע טיילן פֿון ליטע} דער הייקער

Lithuania

a hejker {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}