kukawka

See also: kukawką

Polish

Etymology

From kukać +‎ -awka.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkaf.ka/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /kuˈkaf.ka/

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• Rhymes: -afka
• Syllabification: ku‧kaw‧ka

Noun

kukawka f

1. roadrunner (either member of the genus Geococcyx)
2. any ground cuckoo of the genus Neomorphus
3. (usually in the plural) New World ground cuckoo (bird of the subfamily Neomorphinae)
4. (obsolete or regional, Far Masovian) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

   Synonym: kukułka

5. (obsolete or regional) cuckoo (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clocks)

   Synonym: kukułka

6. (rare) a type of musical instrument

Declension

Declension of kukawka

	singular	plural
nominative	kukawka	kukawki
genitive	kukawki	kukawek
dative	kukawce	kukawkom
accusative	kukawkę	kukawki
instrumental	kukawką	kukawkami
locative	kukawce	kukawkach
vocative	kukawko	kukawki

See also

• storczyk kukawka

Further reading

• kukawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kukawka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112