куку
See also: ку-ку
Nanai
Etymology
- From Proto-Tungusic *kūke.
- The Tungusic root may derive from Chinese 鵠／鹄 (“*ku:g”).
Noun
куку (kuku)
- swan
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kûkuː/
- Hyphenation: ку‧ку
Interjection
ку̏кӯ (Latin spelling kȕkū)
- woe
- The sound of a cuckoo singing.
- Shout in a hide and seek game.
References
- “куку” in Hrvatski jezični portal