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кукуригам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin, from the call ку-ку-ри́гу (ku-ku-rígu, cockory).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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кукури́гам (kukurígam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective кукури́гна)

  1. to crow
    пете́лът кукури́га при и́згрев слъ́нце
    petélǎt kukuríga pri ízgrev slǎ́nce
    the cock crows at sunrise

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References

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  • кукуригам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кукуригам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукуригам, кукуригвам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 107