čuka
Appearance
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
- (regional) hilltop
Declension
[edit]Declension of čuka
Etymology 2
[edit]From čȕkati.
Noun
[edit]čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
Declension
[edit]Declension of čuka
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285
Further reading
[edit]- “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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