kuq

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cocceus, from Latin coccum.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kuc]

Adjective

kuq

  1. red
  2. rosy
  3. scarlet, reddish

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kuqal
  • kuqalan
  • kuqalak
  • kuqalash
  • kuqalosh
  • kuqash
  • kuqar
  • kuqeshë
  • kuqël
  • kuqëlare
  • kuqëloj

Etymology 2

From kuq (“red”).

Verb

kuq (first-person singular past tense kuqa, participle kuqur)

  1. I fry, cook
Alternative forms
  • skuq

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kuq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 842
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kuq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 205

Chitimacha

Noun

kuq

  1. water
    we kuu ki
    in the water

References
  • John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha and Atakapa languages (1919): kū
  • Julian Granberry, Modern Chitimacha (Sitimaxa) (2004) (kuq)
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