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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
- Hyphenation: ču‧ka
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.
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
- (regional) hilltop
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (slang, regional) clock, watch
- (slang, regional) hour
- (slang, regional) heart, ticker
Declension
References
- “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- 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
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285