кукурица

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak kukurica. Further origin uncertain, but a regional wanderwort possibly derived from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz).

Cognates include Belarusian кукуру́за (kukurúza), Bulgarian кукуру́з (kukurúz), кукума́ра (kukumára), кукура́тка (kukurátka), Czech kukuřice, Austrian German Kukuruz, Hungarian kukorica, Latvian kukurūza, Lithuanian kukurūzas, Polish kukurydza, Romanian cucuruz, Russian кукуру́за (kukurúza), Serbo-Croatian кукуруз / kukuruz, Slovak kukurica, Slovene kukuruza, kukorica, koruza, Turkish kokoroz, Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), and Yiddish קוקורוזע (kukuruze), קאָקורידזע (kokuridze), קוקורוץ (kukuruts), קוקורידזע (kukuridze), קאַקערוזע (kakeruze).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -it͡sa
Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧ри‧ца

Noun

кукурица (kukurica) f (diminutive кукуричка, related adjective кукурични)

corn, maize
варена кукурица ― varena kukurica ― boiled corn

кукурица у чуткох ― kukurica u čutkox ― corn on the cob

Declension

Declension of кукурица

	singular	plural
nominative	кукурица kukurica	кукурици kukurici
genitive	кукурици kukurici	кукурицох kukuricox
dative	кукурици kukurici	кукурицом kukuricom
accusative	кукурицу kukuricu	кукурици kukurici
instrumental	кукурицу kukuricu	кукурицами kukuricami
locative	кукурици kukurici	кукурицох kukuricox
vocative	кукурицо kukurico	кукурици kukurici

Derived terms

nouns

кукуричанка f (kukuričanka)

References

Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “кукурица”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “maize”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 172

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