kukutë

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *cucūta, from Latin cicūta. Also possibly from a local Eastern Romance language intermediate; compare Romanian cucută, Aromanian cucutã, with close similarity of pronunciation.[1]

Noun

kukutë f (plural kukúta, definite kukúta, definite plural kukútat)

  1. hemlock
  2. fennel

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kukutë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukutë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 221