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куку

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Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkuko]
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification(key): ку‧ку
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Etymology 1

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    Derived from ку-ку (ku-ku).

    Noun

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    ку́ку • (kúku) n

    1. (colloquial, offensive, derogatory) cuckoo, loony
      Synonyms: откачалка (otkačalka), ненормалник (nenormalnik), луд (lud)
    Declension
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    Declension of ку́ку
    singular plural
    indefinite ку́ку
    kúku
    ку́кувци, ку́кута
    kúkuvci, kúkuta
    definite ку́куто
    kúkuto
    ку́кувците, ку́кутата
    kúkuvcite, kúkutata
    Derived terms
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    References

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    • “куку”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
    • “куку¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
    • “куку”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

    Etymology 2

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    Onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo. In some dialects, it's borrowed from Greek κούκος (koúkos), κούκκος (koúkkos).

    Noun

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    ку́ку • (kúku) f (relational adjective ку́ков)

    1. (dialectal) cuckoo, gawk (bird of family Cuculidae)
      Synonym: (standard) кукувица (kukuvica)
    Declension
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    Declension of ку́ку
    singular plural
    indefinite ку́ку
    kúku
    ку́кута
    kúkuta
    definite ку́куто
    kúkuto
    ку́кутата
    kúkutata
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    adjectives
    nouns
    phrases
    verbs

    References

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    • “куку²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

    Etymology 3

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      Derived from ку́кам (kúkam, “to squat”). Babble word comparable to (childish) ако (ako, “poop”) with (childish) акам (akam, “to poo”) and (childish) папо (papo, “bread”), (childish, dialectal) папу (papu, “bread”) with (childish) папам (papam, “to eat”).

      Noun

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      ку́ку • (kúku) n

      1. (childish) chamber pot, potty
        Synonyms: цукало (cukalo), нощно гърне (noštno gărne), нощна ваза (noštna vaza)
      Declension
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      Declension of ку́ку
      singular plural
      indefinite ку́ку
      kúku
      ку́кута
      kúkuta
      definite ку́куто
      kúkuto
      ку́кутата
      kúkutata

      Etymology 4

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      Likely of the same origin as in Etymology 3, in the sense that a chamber pot is something sat on top of, possibly related to кук (kuk, “chimney”).

      Noun

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      ку́ку • (kúku) n

      1. (childish) high, high place
        Synonyms: високо (visoko), високо място (visoko mjasto)
      Declension
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      Declension of ку́ку
      singular plural
      indefinite ку́ку
      kúku
      ку́кута
      kúkuta
      definite ку́куто
      kúkuto
      ку́кутата
      kúkutata

      Further reading

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      Nanai

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      Etymology

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      1. From Proto-Tungusic *kūke.
      2. The Tungusic root may derive from Chinese 鵠 / 鹄 (“*ku:g”).

      Noun

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      куку (kuku)

      1. swan

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      Onomatopoeic.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /kûkuː/
      • Hyphenation: ку‧ку

      Interjection

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      ку̏кӯ (Latin spelling kȕkū)

      1. woe
      2. The sound of a cuckoo singing.
      3. Shout in a hide and seek game.

      References

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      • “куку”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026