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cucu

See also: cucú, cucù, cücü, and cu'cu'

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Noun

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cucu m (plural cucos)

  1. cuckoo

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Cognate with Malay cucu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃut͡ʃu/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧cu

Noun

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cucu

  1. grandchild (child of someone's child)

French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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cucu m (plural cucus)

  1. Alternative form of cucul

Adjective

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cucu (feminine cucue, masculine plural cucus, feminine plural cucues)

  1. Alternative form of cucul

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay cucu, from Classical Malay [script needed] (cucu), from Old Malay [script needed] (cucu), attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, from Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ, probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).

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Noun

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cucu (plural cucu-cucu, first-person possessive cucuku, second-person possessive cucumu, third-person possessive cucunya)

  1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

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Interlingua

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Noun

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cucu (plural cucus)

  1. cuckoo
  2. cuckold

Malay

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Etymology

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Attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as [script needed] (cucu).[1] From Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ.[2] Probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).[3]

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Noun

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cucu (Jawi spelling چوچو, plural cucu-cucu, informal 1st possessive cucuku, 2nd possessive cucumu, 3rd possessive cucunya)

  1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

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  • Baba Malay: chuchu
  • Brunei Malay: cucu
  • Indonesian: cucu
  • → Makasar: cucu
  • → Manado Malay: cucu

References

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  1. ^ Postma, Antoon (1991) “The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: A Valuable Philippine Document”, in Indo-Pacific Prehistory 1990 Assn. Bulletin 11‎[1], volume 2 (PDF), Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines: Mangyan Assistance and Research Center, page 169.
  2. ^ Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
  3. ^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎[3], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Mapudungun

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Noun

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cucu (Raguileo spelling)

  1. maternal grandmother
  2. grandchild

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References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old English

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Adjective

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cucu

  1. Alternative form of cwic

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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cucu

  1. coo-coo (cry made by a cuckoo)

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Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡su.ˈt͡su/, [t͡su.ˈt͡su]

Noun

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cucu

  1. (anatomy) breast
  2. milk
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