чуча
Russian
editEtymology 1
editUltimately from Proto-Slavic *cucьkъ (“dog, puppy”). Compare Slovene cúca (“female sexual organ”) (also kúca), cúcati (“to urinate”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editчуча́ • (čučá) f inan (genitive чучи́, nominative plural чучи́, genitive plural чуче́й)
Declension
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to Lithuanian kaũkas (“house spirit, dwarf, gnome”), Old Prussian cawx (“devil”), Proto-Slavic *kuka (see ку́ка (kúka), ку́киш (kúkiš)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editчу́ча • (čúča) f inan (genitive чу́чи, nominative plural чу́чи, genitive plural чуч)
Declension
editSee also
edit- чу́чело (čúčelo)
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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