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čuka

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See also: cuka, cūka, cūkā, Čuka, and çuka

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
  • Hyphenation: ču‧ka
  • Audio (Central Serbia):(file)

Etymology 1

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Inherited 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.[1][2]

Noun

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čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
  2. (regional) hilltop
Declension
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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

Etymology 2

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From čȕkati.

Noun

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čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)

  1. (slang, regional) clock, watch
  2. (slang, regional) hour
  3. (slang, regional) heart, ticker
Declension
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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

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  1. ^ Skok, Petar (1971) “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285

Further reading

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  • “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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