cuk

See also: -cuk, çûk, çuk, ćuk, чук, and çük

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Cuna with k as a placeholder, influenced by Kuna.

Symbol

cuk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kuna.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kuna terms

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡suk/

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of quk and çuk. Related to thuk with the usual c:th alteration in Albanian.

Verb

cuk (aorist cuka, participle cukur) (transitive)

1. to pierce (with a sharp, thin object, needle, thorn, stinger, prickle etc)

   Synonyms: quk, çuk, ngacmoj, cyt, cukat

2. to tease, provoke (with words or gestures)

   Synonyms: nguc, cyt, ngacmoj, cirris, ngallmoj, gërgas, cingëris

3. to press

   Synonyms: rras, shtyp, thuk

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of cuk (active voice)

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		participle		cukur
		gerund		duke cukur
		infinitive		për të cukur
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	cuk	cuk	cuk	cukim	cukni	cukin
	imperfect	cukja	cukje	cukte	cuknim	cuknit	cuknin
	aorist	cuka	cuke	cuku	cukëm	cukët	cukën
perfect	kam cukur	ke cukur	ka cukur	kemi cukur	keni cukur	kanë cukur
past perfect	kisha cukur	kishe cukur	kishte cukur	kishim cukur	kishit cukur	kishin cukur
aorist II	pata cukur	pate cukur	pati cukur	patëm cukur	patët cukur	patën cukur
future1	do të cuk	do të cukësh	do të cukë	do të cukim	do të cukni	do të cukin
future perfect2	do të kem cukur	do të kesh cukur	do të ketë cukur	do të kemi cukur	do të keni cukur	do të kenë cukur
subjunctive	present	të cuk	të cukësh	të cukë	të cukim	të cukni	të cukin
imperfect	të cukja	të cukje	të cukte	të cuknim	të cuknit	të cuknin
perfect	të kem cukur	të kesh cukur	të ketë cukur	të kemi cukur	të keni cukur	të kenë cukur
past perfect	të kisha cukur	të kishe cukur	të kishte cukur	të kishim cukur	të kishit cukur	të kishin cukur
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të cukja	do të cukje	do të cukte	do të cuknim	do të cuknit	do të cuknin
	past perfect	do të kisha cukur	do të kishe cukur	do të kishte cukur	do të kishim cukur	do të kishit cukur	do të kishin cukur
optative	present	cuksha	cuksh	cuktë	cukshim	cukshi	cukshin
perfect	paça cukur	paç cukur	pastë cukur	paçim cukur	paçit cukur	paçin cukur
admirative	present	cukkam	cukke	cukka	cukkemi	cukkeni	cukkan
	imperfect	cukkësha	cukkëshe	cukkësh	cukkëshim	cukkëshit	cukkëshin
perfect	paskam cukur	paske cukur	paska cukur	paskemi cukur	paskeni cukur	paskan cukur
past perfect	paskësha cukur	paskëshe cukur	paskësh cukur	paskëshim cukur	paskëshit cukur	paskëshin cukur
imperative	present	—	cuk	—	—	cukni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• cukacúk
• cukaqe
• cukat
• cukatísh
• cukë
• cukë-cukë
• cukël
• cukëm
• cuklëtoj
• cuks
• kacuk
• paracukël

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. A lexicalization of crackling sound c (t͡s). Practically, same thing as ncuk.

Particle

cuk

1. no

   Synonyms: jo, nuku, nëng, nauk

Further reading

• “cuk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡suk]

Noun

cuk m inan

1. (slang) train

   Synonym: vlak

Declension

Declension of cuk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	cuk	cuky
genitive	cuku	cuků
dative	cuku	cukům
accusative	cuk	cuky
vocative	cuku	cuky
locative	cuku	cukách
instrumental	cukem	cuky

Further reading

• “cuk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciuco (/ˈt͡ʃuko/), from Latin cicur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuk]

Noun

cuk (genitive cuka, plural cuks)

1. donkey, ass (equid)

Declension

Declension of cuk

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuk	cuks
Genitive	cuka	cukas
Dative	cuke	cukes
Accusative	cuki	cukis
Predicative1	cuku	cukus
Vocative	o cuk	o cuks

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

• hicuk (“he-ass”)
• jicuk (“she-ass”)

Derived terms

• cukalil
• cukamilig
• cukamiligik
• cukik
• cukiko
• cuköf
• cuköfik
• cukül
• hicukül
• jicukamilig
• jicukül
• lodotacuk

See also

• hinud
• jevod
• mulud
• sebrad

Yup'ik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuk/, [ˈt͡ʃuk]
• Hyphenation: cuk

Noun

cuk

1. Nunivak Island and Chevak form of yuk

Declension

Declension of cuk (stem: cug- or cuug-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	cuk	cuuk, cuugek	cuut, cuuget
relative	cuum, cuugem	cuuk, cuugek	cuut, cuuget
locative	cugmi	cuugni, cuugegni	cugni
allative	cugmun	cuugnun, cuugegnun	cugnun
ablative	cugmek	cuugnek, cuugegnek	cugnek
perlative	cugkun	cuugnegun, cuugegnegun	cuutgun, cuugetgun
equative	cugtun	cuugtun, cuugegtun	cugcetun

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (2012), “cuk”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕuk˥/
• Tone numbers: cug⁷
• Hyphenation: cuk

Etymology 1

From Chinese 粥 (MC tsyuwk).

Noun

cuk (Sawndip form 𮇟, 1957–1982 spelling cuk)

1. congee; porridge

   Synonym: souh

Etymology 2

From Chinese 足 (MC tsjowk).

Adjective

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

1. enough; adequate

Etymology 3

From Chinese 築 (MC trjuwk).

Verb

cuk (Sawndip forms 𭎣 or 𥭽 or 搐, 1957–1982 spelling cuk)

1. to build (a wall)

Etymology 4

Verb

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

1. to punch; to strike with a fist

Etymology 5

From Chinese 叔 (MC syuwk).

Noun

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

1. sir; mister (term of address for an unrelated man of the same generation as but younger than one's father)

   Synonyms: cuz, au