nuc

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English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

Noun

nuc (plural nucs)

  1. (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
    • 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them, page 110:
      I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week []

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Aromanian

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Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuts)

  1. walnut tree

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Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare păr, prun, alun, măr, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuk/
  • (file)

Noun

nuc m (plural nuci)

  1. walnut (tree)

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Tapachultec

Noun

nuc

  1. water

Usage notes

  • This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.

References

  • Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.