кунка
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary:
- Either back-formed from the diminutive ръку́нка (rǎkúnka) of ръка́ (rǎká, “hand, arm”);
- Or cognate with dial. Russian ку́на (kúna, “handful”), of unclear origin. Possibly from the root of dialectal Bulgarian ку́я (kúja, “to forge, to smith”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ку́нка • (kúnka) f
Declension edit
Declension of ку́нка
Coordinate terms edit
- ръка́ (rǎká, “arm”)
- ше́па (šépa, “hollow of the hand”)
- ки́тка (kítka, “wrist”)
- пе́стник (péstnik, “fist”)
- уд (ud, “limb”) (dialectal)
References edit
- “кунка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кунка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кунка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 136