куда

Related to dialectal ку́да се (kúda se, “to gratify”). Further origin disputed:

• Mladenov: Collective noun from Proto-Slavic *ku- (“pile, stack”) + *-da, akin to Bulgarian куп (kup, “pile, heap”), Russian ку́ча (kúča, “id.”).
• Georgiev (БЕР): Postverbal from ку́дя (kúdja, “to prosecute”) +‎ -а (-a), originally meaning “mob, gang, crowd” with negative connotation.

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ку́да • (kúda) f (diminutive ку́дица) (dialectal)

1. (Eastern dialects) group, ensemble, fellowship

   Synonyms: дружи́на (družína), гру́па (grúpa)

   ку́да рабо́тници ― kúda rabótnici ― working group, group of workers

2. (Rhodopian dialects) flock, swarm

   Synonym: я́то (játo)

   ку́да пти́ци ― kúda ptíci ― flock of birds

3. (Upper Shop dialects) caroling choir

   Synonym: коледа́рска дружи́на (koledárska družína)

• уку́двам се (ukúdvam se, “to associate with”)
• ку́дя (kúdja, “to associate; to kiss”)
• ку́даджия (kúdadžija, “lead of caroling choir”) (diaelctal)

• “куда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 75
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “ку́да”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 428

Likely related to the noun. According to Georgiev (БЕР), the secondary meaning “to tend, to protect” follows from an earlier “to befriend”.

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ку́да • (kúda) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ку́дна) (dialectal)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to associate with, to form relationship
2. (transitive, in Strandzha, by extension) to tend, to protect, to heed
3. (transitive, by extension) to kiss platonically, to osculate
4. (reflexive with се) to express appreciation towards (usually + с (s, “with”))

• ку́дем (kúdem) — dialectal, with athematic endings
• ку́дя (kúdja) — iterative, i-conjugation

• ку́тя (kútja, “to tend, to look after a child”) (dialectal)

• целу́вам (celúvam, “to kiss romantically”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кудя², куда, кудем; кудя³ (куде)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 77

Borrowed from Tatar кода (qoda).

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куда • (kuda)

1. male matchmaker, go-between

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• кудава (kudava)

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “куда”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

• куды́ (kudý) — dialectal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

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куда́ • (kudá)

1. (to) where?

   Куда́ идёшь? ― Kudá idjóšʹ? ― Where are you going?

2. why?

   Куда́ така́я спе́шка? ― Kudá takája spéška? ― Why the rush?

3. (colloquial, in a comparison) much (more), a lot (more)

   Synonyms: гора́здо (gorázdo), намно́го (namnógo)

   Настоя́щая причи́на звуча́ла куда́ прозаи́чнее. ― Nastojáščaja pričína zvučála kudá prozaíčneje. ― The real reason was far more prosaic.

• куда́-либо (kudá-libo)
• куда́-нибудь (kudá-nibudʹ)
• куда́-то (kudá-to)
• не́куда (nékuda)
• отку́да (otkúda)
• доку́да (dokúda)
• никуды́шный (nikudýšnyj)

• туда́ (tudá)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

ку̀да (Latin spelling kùda)

1. which way, in what direction

   Куда си ишао?

   Which way did you go?

куда (Latin spelling kuda)

1. which way, in what direction