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kukurica

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Kukurica

Etymology

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A wanderword of Balkan origin. Probably entered Slovak from Hungarian kukorica, which in turn is from Serbo-Croatian кукуруз or Romanian cucuruz. Compare Slovene koruza, Czech kukuřice, Ukrainian кукуру́дза, Polish kukurydza, Russian кукуруза.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kukurit͡sa/, [ˈkukurit͡sa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧ri‧ca

Noun

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kukurica f (genitive singular kukurice, nominative plural kukurice, genitive plural kukuríc)

  1. maize, corn

Declension

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Declension of kukurica
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativekukuricakukurice
genitivekukuricekukuríc
dativekukuricikukuriciam
accusativekukuricukukurice
locativekukuricikukuriciach
instrumentalkukuricoukukuricami

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého (1968), 2nd edition, pp. 267 and 306, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ кокор in: Български етимологичен речник (Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary), т. II, стр. 537

Further reading

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  • “kukurica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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