čuka

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See also: cuka, cūka, and cūkā

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ka

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (sharp rock), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (sharp rock). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.

Noun[edit]

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
  2. (regional) hilltop
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (slang, regional) clock, watch
  2. (slang, regional) hour
  3. (slang, regional) heart, ticker
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • čuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Skok, Petar (1971), “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285