kuq
Albanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cocceus, from Latin coccum.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuc]
Adjective
kuq
- red
- rosy
- scarlet, reddish
Synonyms
- all
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)
- I fry, cook
Alternative forms
- skuq
Related terms
- kek
References
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kuq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 842
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kuq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 205
Chitimacha
Noun
kuq
- 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)