муцуна
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greek μουτσούνα (moutsoúna), derived from Italian muso. Akin to English muzzle (a French borrowing).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editмуцу́на • (mucúna) f
Declension
editDeclension of муцу́на
Related terms
editSee also
edit- му́цам (múcam, “to suckle, to slurp”) (native verb, probably onomatopoeic)
References
edit- “муцуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “муцуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “муцу́на”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 94
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “муцуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 359