kukawka

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See also: kukawką

Polish

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Etymology

From kukać +‎ -awka.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: ku‧kaw‧ka

Noun

kukawka f

  1. roadrunner (either member of the genus Geococcyx)
  2. any ground cuckoo of the genus Neomorphus
  3. (usually in the plural) New World ground cuckoo (bird of the subfamily Neomorphinae)
  4. (obsolete or regional, Far Masovian) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
    Synonym: kukułka
  5. (obsolete or regional) cuckoo (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clocks)
    Synonym: kukułka
  6. (rare) a type of musical instrument

Declension

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Further reading

  • kukawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kukawka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112