кука

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Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkukɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): ку‧ка

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook).

Noun

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ку́ка (kúkaf

  1. hook
  2. knitting needle
  3. (slang) cop (police officer)
    Synonym: ченге́ (čengé)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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кука (kuka) (ку́ка)

  1. inflection of ку́кам (kúkam):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second/third-person singular aorist indicative

References

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  • кука”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кука”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook, hook-shaped).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кука (kukaf (plural куки, diminutive кукичка or кукиче)

  1. hook
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kukati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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кука (kuka) third-singular presentimpf

  1. (intransitive) to cuckoo (to make the call of a cuckoo)
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to complain, whine
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook, hook-shaped). Akin to ку̏к.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kûka/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧ка

Noun

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ку̏ка f (Latin spelling kȕka)

  1. hook

Declension

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Further reading

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  • кука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • кука” in Hrvatski jezični portal