čuka

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See also: cuka, cūka, cūkā, and Čuka

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ka
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.[1][2]

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
  2. (regional) hilltop
Declension
Declension of čuka
singular plural
nominative čȕka čuke
genitive čuke čȗkā
dative čȕki čukama
accusative čuku čuke
vocative čuko čuke
locative čȕki čukama
instrumental čukom čukama

Etymology 2

From čȕkati.

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (slang, regional) clock, watch
  2. (slang, regional) hour
  3. (slang, regional) heart, ticker
Declension
Declension of čuka
singular plural
nominative čȕka čuke
genitive čuke čȗkā
dative čȕki čukama
accusative čuku čuke
vocative čuko čuke
locative čȕki čukama
instrumental čukom čukama

References

  1. ^ Skok, Petar (1971) “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285

Further reading

  • “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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