kokkaloorie
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Scots cockaloorie, from Norn kokkeluri.
Noun edit
kokkaloorie (plural kokkaloories)
- (Shetland) common daisy (Bellis perennis)
- 2012, 8:38 from the start, in Shetland, season 3, episode 6:
- I've made you a present, Bella! Do you want to see it? It's a kokkaloorie chain.
- 2020 May 29, Laurie, “Shetland with Laurie’s guide to the best of Shetland fiction”, in Shetland with Laurie[1], Dancing with the Ferryman by Frankie Valente:
- Shetland men aren’t known for their grand romantic gestures (sorry guys) ‒ they might give you a lamb for the freezer and perhaps a kokkaloorie (daisy) from the yard, but 12 red roses and a candlelit dinner, probably not!
Scots edit
Noun edit
kokkaloorie (plural kokkaloories)
- Alternative spelling of cockaloorie (“daisy”)