kukawa

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Lower Sorbian

kukawa

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Slavic *kukъ (cuckoo), of imitative origin. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kokula, Polish kukułka, Czech kukačka, Serbo-Croatian kȕkavica, and Russian куку́шка (kukúška).

Pronunciation

Noun

kukawa f animal (diminutive kukawka)

  1. cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kukawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kukawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

kukawa (verbal noun of the ku class)

  1. infinitive of -kawa