Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkukɐ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation(key): ку‧ка

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook).

Noun edit

ку́ка (kúkaf

  1. hook
  2. knitting needle
  3. (slang) cop (police officer)
    Synonym: ченге́ (čengé)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

кука (kuka) (ку́ка)

  1. inflection of ку́кам (kúkam):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second/third-person singular aorist indicative

References edit

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

Macedonian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook, hook-shaped).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

кука (kukaf (plural куки, diminutive кукичка or кукиче)

  1. hook
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kukati.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

кука (kuka) third-singular presentimpf

  1. (intransitive) to cuckoo (to make the call of a cuckoo)
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to complain, whine
Conjugation edit
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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook, hook-shaped). Akin to ку̏к.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kûka/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧ка

Noun edit

ку̏ка f (Latin spelling kȕka)

  1. hook

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • кука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • кука” in Hrvatski jezični portal