кукурудза

Ukrainian

Etymology

The origin is unclear. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kukur-, *kokor-, which is related to Slovene kukúrjav (“curly”) and Bulgarian кукуряк (kukurjak, “hellebore”).

It can also be borrowed from Romanian cucuruz, which itself was borrowed from Ukrainian кокорудка (kokorudka, “cone, strobilus”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [kʊkʊˈrud͡zɐ]

Noun

кукуру́дза • (kukurúdza) f inan (genitive кукуру́дзи, uncountable, relational adjective кукуру́дзяний)

1. maize, corn
2. corn (a cereal of the species Zea mays or its grains)

Declension

Declension of кукуру́дза (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	кукуру́дза kukurúdza
genitive	кукуру́дзи kukurúdzy
dative	кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi
accusative	кукуру́дзу kukurúdzu
instrumental	кукуру́дзою kukurúdzoju
locative	кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi
vocative	кукуру́дзо kukurúdzo

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кукурудза”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кукурудза”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “кукурудза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кукурудза”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)