kuku

See also: kūkū

Albanian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

kuku

  1. mourn
  2. The sound of an owl singing.

Czech

Interjection

kuku

  1. cuckoo (the sound of cuckoo)

Further reading

  • kuku in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kuku in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Noun

kuku

  1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

kuku

  1. Indicative present connegative form of kukkua.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kukkua.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kukkua.

Etymology 2

Noun

kuku

  1. coua (any terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family)
Declension
Inflection of kuku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kuku kukut
genitive kukun kukujen
partitive kukua kukuja
illative kukuun kukuihin
singular plural
nominative kuku kukut
accusative nom. kuku kukut
gen. kukun
genitive kukun kukujen
partitive kukua kukuja
inessive kukussa kukuissa
elative kukusta kukuista
illative kukuun kukuihin
adessive kukulla kukuilla
ablative kukulta kukuilta
allative kukulle kukuille
essive kukuna kukuina
translative kukuksi kukuiksi
instructive — kukuin
abessive kukutta kukuitta
comitative — kukuineen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Noun

kuku

  1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kukú

  1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuku/
  • Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

Noun

kuku (Jawi spelling کوکو‎, plural kuku-kuku)

  1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Mapudungun

Noun

kuku (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. paternal grandmother
  2. grandchild

See also

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

kȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кӯ)

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

References

  • “kuku” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Noun

kuku

  1. cake, pastry

Sundanese

Romanization

kuku

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

Swahili

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeia.

Noun

kuku (n class, plural kuku)

  1. chicken, fowl
    Penye kuku wengi, usimwage mtama
    Where there are many fowls, do not spill millet

See also

Tagal Murut

Noun

kuku

  1. puppy (young dog)

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuˈku]

Noun

kuku (definite accusative ya, plural kukular)

  1. (child talk) female genitalia, vagina

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kuku
Definite accusative kukuyu
Singular Plural
Nominative kuku kukular
Definite accusative kukuyu kukuları
Dative kukuya kukulara
Locative kukuda kukularda
Ablative kukudan kukulardan
Genitive kukunun kukuların

See also

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