кукурудза

Ukrainian

Etymology

The origin is unclear. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kukur-, *kokor-, which is related to Slovene kukúrjav (“curly”) and Bulgarian кукуряк (kukurjak, “hellebore”).

It can also be borrowed from Romanian cucurúz, which itself was borrowed from Ukrainian кокорудка (kokorudka, “cone, strobilus”): a doublet.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [kʊkʊˈrud͡zɐ]

Noun

кукуру́дза • (kukurúdza) f (genitive кукуру́дзи, uncountable)

maize, corn (a cereal of the species Zea mays or its grains)

Declension

Declension of кукуру́дза

	singular
nominative	кукуру́дза kukurúdza
genitive	кукуру́дзи kukurúdzy
dative	кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi
accusative	кукуру́дзу kukurúdzu
instrumental	кукуру́дзою kukurúdzoju
locative	кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi
vocative	кукуру́дзо kukurúdzo

References

Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1989), “кукурудза”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume III, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 131
кукурудза in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka

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