čuka

See also: cuka, cūka, and cūkā

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃûka/
• Hyphenation: ču‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

1. (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
2. (regional) hilltop

Declension

Declension of čuka

	singular	plural
nominative	čȕka	čuke
genitive	čuke	čȗkā
dative	čȕki	čukama
accusative	čuku	čuke
vocative	čuko	čuke
locative	čȕki	čukama
instrumental	čukom	čukama

Etymology 2

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

1. (slang, regional) clock, watch
2. (slang, regional) hour
3. (slang, regional) heart, ticker

Declension

Declension of čuka

	singular	plural
nominative	čȕka	čuke
genitive	čuke	čȗkā
dative	čȕki	čukama
accusative	čuku	čuke
vocative	čuko	čuke
locative	čȕki	čukama
instrumental	čukom	čukama

References

• “čuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Skok, Petar (1971) “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
• Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285