kuk
Abinomn
Lamboya
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS₁.
Ngaing
Further reading
- J. Bullock, R. Gray, H. Paris, D. Pfantz, D. Richardson, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Yabong, Migum, Nekgini, and Neko (2016)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian kúkr (noun) of unknown origin, probably utilised as a pejorative nickname.
Inflection
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian kúkr (noun) of unknown origin, probably utilised as a pejorative nickname.
Inflection
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъlкъ, from Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Macedonian колк (kolk, “hip”), Bulgarian калка (kalka), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”), and possibly Latin calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kûk/
Declension
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kokkr, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz. Cognate with English cock.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːk
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