kjúka

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From the same ultimate origin as kok (“throat, gullet, pharynx”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈcʰuːka/
Rhymes: -uːka

Noun edit

kjúka f (genitive singular kjúku, nominative plural kjúkur)

(anatomy) phalanx
Synonym: köggull

Declension edit

declension of kjúka

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	kjúka	kjúkan	kjúkur	kjúkurnar
accusative	kjúku	kjúkuna	kjúkur	kjúkurnar
dative	kjúku	kjúkunni	kjúkum	kjúkunum
genitive	kjúku	kjúkunnar	kjúkna	kjúknanna

References edit

^ Linguistic Studies in Germanic. (1915). United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 199

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