kukutë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *cucūta, from Latin cicūta. Also possibly from a local Eastern Romance language intermediate; compare Romanian cucută, Aromanian cucutã, with close similarity of pronunciation.[1]
Noun
[edit]kukutë f (plural kukúta, definite kukúta, definite plural kukútat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kukutë | kukuta | kukuta | kukutat |
| accusative | kukutën | |||
| dative | kukute | kukutës | kukutave | kukutave |
| ablative | kukutash | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kukutë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
Further reading
[edit]- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukutë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 221