kokkaloorie

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Scots cockaloorie, from Norn kokkeluri.

Noun

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kokkaloorie (plural kokkaloories)

  1. (Shetland) common daisy (Bellis perennis)
    • 2012, 8:38 from the start, in Shetland, season 3, episode 6:
      I've made you a present, Bella! Do you want to see it? It's a kokkaloorie chain.
    • 2020 May 29, Laurie, “Shetland with Laurie’s guide to the best of Shetland fiction”, in Shetland with Laurie[1], Dancing with the Ferryman by Frankie Valente:
      Shetland men aren’t known for their grand romantic gestures (sorry guys) ‒ they might give you a lamb for the freezer and perhaps a kokkaloorie (daisy) from the yard, but 12 red roses and a candlelit dinner, probably not!

Scots

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Noun

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kokkaloorie (plural kokkaloories)

  1. Alternative spelling of cockaloorie (daisy)