куку

See also: ку-ку

Nanai

Etymology

1. From Proto-Tungusic *kūke.
2. The Tungusic root may derive from Chinese 鵠／鹄 (“*ku:g”).

Noun

куку (kuku)

1. swan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûkuː/
• Hyphenation: ку‧ку

Interjection

ку̏кӯ (Latin spelling kȕkū)

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

References

• “куку”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024