kuku

See also: kūkū, куку, and ку-ку

Albanian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

kuku

1. mourn
2. The sound of an owl singing.

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuku]

Interjection

kuku

1. cuckoo (the sound of cuckoo)

Related terms

• kukat
• kukačka

Further reading

• kuku in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kuku in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

kuku

1. Indicative present connegative form of kukkua.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kukkua.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kukkua.

Etymology 2

Noun

kuku

1. coua (any terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family)

Declension

Inflection of kuku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		kuku	kukut
genitive		kukun	kukujen
partitive		kukua	kukuja
illative		kukuun	kukuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kuku	kukut
accusative	nom.	kuku	kukut
	gen.	kukun
genitive		kukun	kukujen
partitive		kukua	kukuja
inessive		kukussa	kukuissa
elative		kukusta	kukuista
illative		kukuun	kukuihin
adessive		kukulla	kukuilla
ablative		kukulta	kukuilta
allative		kukulle	kukuille
essive		kukuna	kukuina
translative		kukuksi	kukuiksi
instructive		—	kukuin
abessive		kukutta	kukuitta
comitative		—	kukuineen

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Noun

kuku (plural kuku-kuku, first-person possessive kukuku, second-person possessive kukumu, third-person possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

kukú

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

Noun

kuku (Jawi spelling کوکو‎, plural kuku-kuku, informal 1st possessive kukuku, impolite 2nd possessive kukumu, 3rd possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kuku

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Mapudungun

Noun

kuku (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. paternal grandmother
2. grandchild

See also

• cucu

References

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûkuː/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

Interjection

kȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кӯ)

1. woe
2. The sound of a cuckoo singing.
3. Shout in a hide and seek game.

Noun

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. dative/locative singular of kuk

Noun

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. accusative singular of kuka

References

• “kuku” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch koek.

Noun

kuku

1. cake, pastry

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Sundanese

Romanization

kuku

1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

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Swahili

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeia.

Noun

kuku (n class, plural kuku)

1. chicken, fowl

   Penye kuku wengi, usimwage mtama

   Where there are many fowls, do not spill millet

See also

• jogoo (“rooster”)

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Tagal Murut

Noun

kuku

1. puppy (young dog)

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Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuku.

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) fingernail; toenail

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuˈku]

Noun

kuku (definite accusative ya, plural kukular)

1. (child talk) female genitalia, vagina

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kuku
Definite accusative	kukuyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kuku	kukular
Definite accusative	kukuyu	kukuları
Dative	kukuya	kukulara
Locative	kukuda	kukularda
Ablative	kukudan	kukulardan
Genitive	kukunun	kukuların

See also

• vajina
• am (vulgar, very rude)
• amcık (vulgar, very rude)