-čuga
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFirst attested in the late 1970s. According to Babić, it has spread from the word cr̀nčuga (“nigger”) (originally formed as crnc- + -juga), which was reanalyzed by native speakers as if being composed of cȓn (“black”) + -čuga. The word cr̀nčuga was the most common pejorative in subtitled American films and television as shown on Yugoslav television stations, acting as a calque for the English word nigger. From there, the suffix became productive, forming new nouns with similar pejorative connotations.
Suffix
edit-čuga (Cyrillic spelling -чуга)
- Suffix appended to nominal stems to a create a noun, usually an augmentative with pejorative connotations.
Declension
editDeclension of -čuga
Derived terms
editCategory Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -čuga not found
References
edit- Stjepan Babić, 1991, O postanku sufiksa čuga, in Senjski zbornik, Vol.18 No. 1