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Finnish
Etymology
By the implication that a person who is about to die won't make it to the next time the cuckoos will sing (i.e. late spring to summer).
Verb
ei enää käkeä kukuta (literally, “won't make the cuckoo sing anymore”)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) to be close to dying, be in very poor health
Conjugation
Always used in negative. See kukuttaa.