kukutë

Albanian

Etymology

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.

Noun

kukutë f (plural kukúta, definite kukúta, definite plural kukútat)

1. hemlock
2. fennel

Declension

Declension of kukutë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kukutë	kukuta	kukuta	kukutat
accusative		kukutën
dative	kukute	kukutës	kukutave	kukutave
ablative			kukutash

Derived terms

• kukutëz

Further reading

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukutë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 221