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Ukrainian
Etymology
The origin is unclear. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kukur-, *kokor-, which is related to Slovene kukúrjav (“curly”) and Bulgarian кукуряк (kukurjak, “hellebore”).
It can also be borrowed from Romanian cucuruz, which itself was borrowed from Ukrainian кокорудка (kokorudka, “cone, strobilus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кукуру́дза • (kukurúdza) f inan (genitive кукуру́дзи, uncountable, relational adjective кукуру́дзяний)
- maize, corn
- corn (a cereal of the species Zea mays or its grains)
Declension
Declension of кукуру́дза (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кукурудза”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “кукурудза”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “кукурудза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “кукурудза”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)