Kuku sabzi (herb kuku) topped withbarberries andwalnuts FromPersian کوکو ( kuku ) .
kuku (countable anduncountable ,plural kukus )
AnIranian dish somewhat resembling aquiche oromelette . Borrowed fromJapanese くく ( kuku ,onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter) .
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( fandom slang , chiefly in translations of Japanese works) Alternative form ofkukuku ( onomatopoeia forsinister laughter ) .Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh .
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( anatomy ) nail (on fingers and toes)Onomatopoeic .
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mourn The sound of anowl singing. kuku
( Mpakwithi ) maternal grandfather ( Mpakwithi ) paternal aunt Terry Crowley,The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186 Kuku arrunta. Onomatopoeic , imitation of the bird’s call. CompareSpanish cuco ,English cuckoo ,Catalan cucut ,Dutch koekoek ,Russian кукушка ( kukuška ) etc.
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cuckoo hidden ,lurking “kuku ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] “kuku ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary ],Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 FromProto-Philippine *kukuh , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
Hyphenation:ku‧ku IPA (key ) : /ˈkuku/ [ˈku.ku] kuku
alternative form ofkuko ( “ nails (fingers and toes) ” ) Hyphenation:ku‧ku IPA (key ) : /kuʔˈku/ [kuʔˈku] kùku
alternative form ofkuko ( “ chin ” ) FromProto-Malayic *kuku , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
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( anatomy ) nail ( on fingers and toes ) kuku
( Internet slang ) alternative form of矻矻 ( kūkū ,“ busy ” ) kuku 自拍 ― kūkū zìpāi ― taking selfiesall the time kuku
cuckoo ( the sound of cuckoo ) From Proto-Central-Pacific*kuku , fromProto-Oceanic *kuku , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
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( anatomy ) nail ( on fingers and toes ) Imitative of the sound made by a cuckoo/coua.
IPA (key ) : /ˈkuku/ ,[ˈkuku] Rhymes:-uku Syllabification(key ) :ku‧ku Hyphenation(key ) :ku‧ku kuku
coua ( any terrestrial bird of the genusCoua , in the cuckoo family ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkukuˣ/ ,[ˈkuku(ʔ)] Rhymes:-uku Syllabification(key ) :ku‧ku Hyphenation(key ) :ku‧ku kuku
inflection ofkukkua : present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative Inherited fromProto-Malayic *kuku , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
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( anatomy ) claw Scott, N. C. (1956 ),A Dictionary of Sea Dayak [2] , School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Inherited fromMalay kuku , fromProto-Malayic *kuku , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
kuku (plural kuku -kuku )
( anatomy ) nail ( on fingers and toes ) ( anatomy , loosely ) claw ; a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or birdSynonym: cakar claw ; a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or liftingSynonym: cakar ( anatomy ) hoof ; the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering( figurative , rare ) synonym ofkekuasaan kuku
Rōmaji transcription ofくく FromOld Javanese kuku .
kuku (krama ngoko kuku ,krama inggil kanaka )
( anatomy ) nail The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011 ), “kuku”, inKamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary) ] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius,→ISBN IPA (key ) : /ˈkukuʔ/ [ˈkuː.xuʔ] Hyphenation:ku‧ku kúkû
cough CompareTagalog kuko .
IPA (key ) : /kʊˈkuʔ/ [kʊˈxuʔ] Hyphenation:ku‧ku kukû
fingernail ;toenail FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS₁ .
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claw kukú
( anatomy ) nail ( on fingers and toes ) FromProto-Malayic *kuku , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
kuku (Jawi spelling کوکو ,plural kuku -kuku )
( anatomy ) nail ( on fingers and toes ) ( anatomy ) hoof ; the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering( anatomy , loosely ) claw ; a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or birdSynonym: cakar claw ; a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or liftingSynonym: cakar ( figurative , rare ) synonym ofkekuasaan Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Pijnappel, Jan (1875 ), “کوکو koekoe ”, inMaleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek , John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page95 Wilkinson, Richard James (1901 ), “کوکو kuku ”, inA Malay-English dictionary , Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page549 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932 ), “kuku ”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised) , volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages620-1 FromProto-Oceanic *kuku “finger or toe nail” (compare withSamoan ʻuʻu “nail”,Tongan kuku “to grasp, to grip, to clutch”,Fijian kuku ) fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku “ibid.” (compare withMalay kuku ,Tagalog kuko ).[ 1]
Broadening in sense of “pinching” > “attraction” observable in the same language family e.g.Malay cuit (e.g.mencuit hati ).
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pincers ,tweezers , any tool or item thatnips or pinches( archaic ) finger or toenail ,alternative form ofmatikuku ( ~o temanawa ) attraction kuku (passive kukua )
tonip , topinch Synonyms: kini ,kuti tohold (of one's breath) toclench (of one's fist)Synonym: kumu toshut (of one's eyes)Synonym: kupi todraw together and close an opening of somethingSynonyms: kukumu ,kuti ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016 ),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , pages176-7 FromProto-Polynesian *kuku “mussel , anyMytilidae species” (compare withRarotongan kuku ,Samoan ʻuʻu ,Tongan kuku )[ 1] fromProto-Oceanic *kukur “to scrape, any mussel with shells used for this purpose” fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuDkuD “to scrape; rasp; grate” (compare withMalay kukur “to scrape [of coconut], to scratch [of itches], to rasp”,Tagalog kudkod “grating (of coconut), shaving or scraping [of ice]”).[ 2]
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tograte , toscrape – usually part of compound verbs, otherwise analternative form ofkukū kuku
any type ofmussel ^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ),Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page181 ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2011 ),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , Canberra: Australian National University volume 1: Material Culture, page 161→ISBN volume 4: Animals, pages 235-7→ISBN Williams, Herbert William (1917 ), “kuku ”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language , pages180-1 “kuku ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN . kuku ( Raguileo spelling )
paternal grandmother grandchild Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008. kukú (plural kukwakin )
baobab ,Adansonia digitata (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) .
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really ,truly 2024 March 17, Selin Girit and Grujica Andric, “Wetin go happun to your social media accounts wen you die”, inBBC News Pidgin [3] :"I don do am almost 20 times and notin dey happun. I nokuku get di strength contact Facebook to fix am." "I have messaged him almost 20 times and nothing has happened. I don'treally have the strength to contact Facebook to fix it." FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh .
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nail (anatomy)Onomatopoeic .
IPA (key ) : /ˈku.ku/ Rhymes:-uku Syllabification:ku‧ku kuku
cuckoo (used to imitate the voice of a male cuckoo) kuku n (indeclinable )
( childish , pathology ) boo-boo ( minor injury ) Synonyms: ranka ,skaleczenie kuku inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANkuku in Polish dictionaries at PWNOnomatopoeic .
IPA (key ) : /kûkuː/ Hyphenation:ku‧ku kȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кӯ )
woe The sound of acuckoo singing. Shout in ahide and seek game. See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку )
dative / locative singular ofkuk kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку )
accusative singular ofkuka “kuku ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 Borrowed fromDutch koek .
kuku
cake ,pastry FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh , fromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
kuku (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮊᮥ )
( anatomy ) nail From*nkʊ́kʊ́ , a variant ofCommon Bantu *nkókó .
( Unguja standard ) IPA (key ) : /ˈku.ku/ ( Kimvita ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkʰu.ku/ kuku classIX (plural kuku classX )
chicken ,fowl kuku
puppy ( young dog ) FromProto-Austronesian *kuSkuS .
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( anatomy ) fingernail ;toenail kuku (definite accusative kukuyu ,plural kukular )
( child talk ) female genitalia ,vagina kuku
alife-sized figure constructed fromtree branches and othernatural materials ,symbolically killed in theaji'choto weja'kadü ritual Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005 ),Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela [4] , Santa Barbara: University of California, pages239–240 : “cucu ”kukú
nail ;claw ;hoof kuku
possession