kokkaloorie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots cockaloorie, from Norn kokkeluri.

Noun

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

Noun

kokkaloorie (plural kokkaloories)

1. Alternative spelling of cockaloorie (“daisy”)