kuku

kuku (countable and uncountable, plural kukus)

1. An Iranian dish somewhat resembling a quiche or omelette.

• kookoo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh.

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Onomatopoeic.

kuku

1. mourn
2. The sound of an owl singing.

kuku

1. (Mpakwithi) maternal grandfather
2. (Mpakwithi) paternal aunt

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Onomatopoeic, imitation of the bird’s call. Compare Spanish cuco, English cuckoo, Catalan cucut, Dutch koekoek, Russian кукушка (kukuška) etc.

• IPA^(key): /kuku/, [ku.ku]

kuku anim

1. cuckoo
2. hidden, lurking

• "kuku" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “kuku” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From Proto-Philippine *kukuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• Hyphenation: ku‧ku
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/

kuku

1. Alternative form of kuko (“nails (fingers and toes)”).

• Hyphenation: ku‧ku
• IPA^(key): /kuʔˈku/

kùku

1. Alternative form of kuko (“chin”).

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuku]

kuku

1. cuckoo (the sound of cuckoo)

• kukat
• kukačka

• kuku in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kuku in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuku, from Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukuˣ/, [ˈkuku(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ku

kuku

1. present active indicative connegative of kukkua
2. second-person singular present imperative of kukkua
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kukkua

Imitative of the sound made by a cuckoo/coua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/, [ˈkuku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ku

kuku

1. coua (any terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family)

From Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kuku (first-person possessive kukuku, second-person possessive kukumu, third-person possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)
2. claw:

   Synonym: cakar

   1. (anatomy) a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
   2. a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
3. (anatomy) hoof: the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
4. (figurative) synonym of kekuasaan

• “kuku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• Carakan: ꦏꦸꦏꦸ
• Roman: koekoe (dated)

From Old Javanese kuku.

kuku (krama ngoko kuku, krama inggil kanaka)

1. (anatomy) nail

• “[ kuku]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS₁.

kuku

1. claw

• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

kukú

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /kuku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

• Audio (MY)

  (file)

kuku (Jawi spelling کوکو‎, plural kuku-kuku, informal 1st possessive kukuku, 2nd possessive kukumu, 3rd possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

• Indonesian: kuku

• “kuku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kuku (Raguileo spelling)

1. paternal grandmother
2. grandchild

• cucu

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

• IPA^(key): [kuku]

kuku

1. a life-sized figure constructed from tree branches and other natural materials, symbolically killed in the aji'choto weja'kadü ritual

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 239–240

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh.

kuku

1. nail (anatomy)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ku/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: ku‧ku

kuku

1. cuckoo! imitates the voice of a male cuckoo

kuku n (indeclinable)

1. (childish) boo-boo (minor injury)

   Synonyms: ranka, skaleczenie

• kuku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kuku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /kûkuː/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кӯ)

1. woe
2. The sound of a cuckoo singing.
3. Shout in a hide and seek game.

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. dative/locative singular of kuk

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. accusative singular of kuka

• “kuku” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Borrowed from Dutch koek.

kuku

1. cake, pastry

kuku

1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

From *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

kuku (n class, plural kuku)

1. chicken, fowl

   Penye kuku wengi, usimwage mtama

   Where there are many fowls, do not spill millet

• → Malagasy: akoho

• jogoo (“rooster”)
• kifaranga (“chick”)

kuku

1. puppy (young dog)

From Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

kuku

1. (anatomy) fingernail; toenail

• IPA^(key): [kuˈku]

kuku (definite accusative kukuyu, plural kukular)

1. (child talk) female genitalia, vagina

• vajina
• am (vulgar, very rude)
• amcık (vulgar, very rude)

kukú

1. nail; claw; hoof

kuku

1. possession