From Proto-Slavic *čuka, limited to South Slavic languages. Possibly of Paleo-Balkan origin (compare Albanian çukë (“hill; beak”), Romanian cioc (“beak”)) or native related to Bulgarian чу́кам (čúkam, “to hew, to forge”), ку́ка (kúka, “hook”). In the later case, the word would be akin to English height.
чу́ка • (čúka) f
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka.
чука • (čuka) third-singular present, impf (perfective чукне)
| l-participles | imperfect | aorist | non-finite forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | чукал | — | adjectival participle | чукан | ||
| feminine | чукала | — | adverbial participle | чукајќи | ||
| neuter | чукало | — | verbal noun | чукање | ||
| plural | чукале | — | perfect participle | чукано | ||
| present | imperfect | aorist | imperative | |||
| 1st singular | чукам | чукав | — | — | ||
| 2nd singular | чукаш | чукаше | — | чукај | ||
| 3rd singular | чука | чукаше | — | — | ||
| 1st plural | чукаме | чукавме | — | — | ||
| 2nd plural | чукате | чукавте | — | чукајте | ||
| 3rd plural | чукаат | чукаа | — | — | ||
| Compound tenses | ||||||
| perfect | сум чукал | present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle | ||||
| има-perfect | имам чукано | present of има + perfect participle | ||||
| pluperfect | бев чукал | imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle | ||||
| има-pluperfect | имав чукано | imperfect of има + perfect participle | ||||
| има-perfect reported | сум имал чукано | perfect of има + perfect participle | ||||
| future | ќе чукам | ќе + present | ||||
| има-future | ќе имам чукано | future of има + perfect participle | ||||
| future in the past | ќе чукав | ќе + imperfect | ||||
| има-future in the past | ќе имав чукано | future in the past of има + perfect participle | ||||
| future reported | ќе сум чукал | ќе + imperfect l-participle | ||||
| има-future reported | ќе сум имал чукано | future reported of има + perfect participle | ||||
| conditional | би чукал | би + imperfect l-participle | ||||
| има-conditional | би имал чукано | conditional of има + perfect participle | ||||
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 Slavdom, the substratum language being possibly Albanian.
чу̏ка f (Latin spelling čȕka)
чу̏ка f (Latin spelling čȕka)