čuka
See also: cuka, cūka, and cūkā
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
- Hyphenation: ču‧ka
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (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 Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
- (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 |
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (slang, regional) clock, watch
- (slang, regional) hour
- (slang, regional) heart, ticker
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), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 285