kukawa

Lower Sorbian

kukawa

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Slavic *kukъ (“cuckoo”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kokula, Polish kukułka, Czech kukačka, Serbo-Croatian kȕkavica, and Russian куку́шка (kukúška).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukawa/

Noun

kukawa f animal (diminutive kukawka)

1. cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Declension

Declension of kukawa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kukawa	kukawje	kukawy
Genitive	kukawy	kukawowu	kukawow
Dative	kukawje	kukawoma	kukawam
Accusative	kukawu	kukawje	kukawy
Instrumental	kukawu	kukawoma	kukawami
Locative	kukawje	kukawoma	kukawach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kukawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kukawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

kukawa (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -kawa