cuci

See also: cucì and ćući

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cuci, from Tamil சுசி (cuci, “cleanliness purity, ceremonial purification”), from Pali suci (“clean, pure”), from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci, “clean, pure”). Doublet of suci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃi]
• Hyphenation: cu‧ci

Verb

cuci (base/imperative/colloquial cuci)

1. to wash

   Synonyms: basuh, kumbah

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuci (meng-, transitive)
Root	cuci
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mencuci	tercuci	dicuci	cuci	cucilah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	mencucikan	tercucikan	dicucikan	cucikan	cucikanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	mempercucikan	terpercucikan	dipercucikan	percucikan	percucikanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• cucian
• ketercucian
• mencuci
• mencucikan
• pencuci
• pencucian
• tercuci

 

Related terms

• suci

 

Further reading

• “cuci” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

cuci

1. inflection of cucire:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ucci

Malay

Etymology

From Tamil சுசி (cuci, “cleanliness purity, ceremonial purification”), from Pali suci (“clean, pure”), from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci, “clean, pure”). Doublet of suci.

Pronunciation

• Audio (MY)

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• Rhymes: -i

Verb

cuci (Jawi spelling چوچي)

1. to develop (film)
2. to clean, to wash

Further reading

• “cuci” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cucai, cuccai, cucci

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɡʲi]

Pronoun

cuci

1. third-person singular masculine accusative of co (“to, until”)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15^c23

     Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.

     Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.t͡ɕi/
• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕi
• Syllabification: cu‧ci

Verb

cuci

1. third-person singular present of cucić

Romanian

Noun

cuci m

1. plural of cuc