čuka

See also: cuka, cūka, and cūkā

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чукара (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavdom. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ka

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
  2. (regional) hilltop
Declension
Declension of čuka
singular plural
nominative čȕka čuke
genitive čuke čȗkā
dative čȕki čukama
accusative čuku čuke
vocative čuko čuke
locative čȕki čukama
instrumental čukom čukama

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ka

Noun

čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (slang, regional) clock, watch
  2. (slang, regional) heart
Declension
Declension of čuka
singular plural
nominative čȕka čuke
genitive čuke čȗkā
dative čȕki čukama
accusative čuku čuke
vocative čuko čuke
locative čȕki čukama
instrumental čukom čukama

References
  • “čuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976) Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume II, Wrocław: Polska Akademia Nauk, page 285
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