cokkou

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cucu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔkuː/, /ˈkukuː/

Noun

cokkou (plural kockowes)

  1. The cuckoo (Cuculus canorus).
    • a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”‎:
      Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med
      Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom
  2. (rare) The sound a cuckoo makes.

Descendants

  • English: cuckoo
  • Scots: cuckoo

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