kuku

From Persian کوکو (kuku).

kuku (countable and uncountable, plural kukus)

1. An Iranian dish somewhat resembling a quiche or omelette.

• kookoo

Borrowed from Japanese くく (kuku, onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter).

kuku

1. (fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) Alternative form of kukuku (onomatopoeia for sinister laughter).

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh.

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Onomatopoeic.

kuku

1. mourn
2. The sound of an owl singing.

kuku

1. (Mpakwithi) maternal grandfather
2. (Mpakwithi) paternal aunt

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Onomatopoeic, imitation of the bird’s call. Compare Spanish cuco, English cuckoo, Catalan cucut, Dutch koekoek, Russian кукушка (kukuška) etc.

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• IPA^(key): /kuku/, [ku.ku]

kuku anim

1. cuckoo
2. hidden, lurking

• “kuku”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “kuku”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Philippine *kukuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• Hyphenation: ku‧ku
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/ [ˈku.ku]

kuku

1. Alternative form of kuko (“nails (fingers and toes)”)

• Hyphenation: ku‧ku
• IPA^(key): /kuʔˈku/ [kuʔˈku]

kùku

1. Alternative form of kuko (“chin”)

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuku]

kuku

1. cuckoo (the sound of cuckoo)

• “kuku”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kuku”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuku, from Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

kuku

1. (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

kuku

1. coua (any terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukuˣ/, [ˈkuku(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ku

kuku

1. inflection of kukkua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

kuku

1. (anatomy) claw

• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

From Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/

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• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kuku (first-person possessive kukuku, second-person possessive kukumu, third-person possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)
2. claw:

   Synonym: cakar

   1. (anatomy) a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
   2. a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
3. (anatomy) hoof: the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
4. (figurative) synonym of kekuasaan

• “kuku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• Carakan: ꦏꦸꦏꦸ
• Roman: koekoe (dated)

From Old Javanese kuku.

kuku (krama ngoko kuku, krama inggil kanaka)

1. (anatomy) nail

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kuku”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukuʔ/ [ˈkuː.xuʔ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kúkû

1. cough

Compare Tagalog kuko.

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈkuʔ/ [kʊˈxuʔ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kukû

1. fingernail; toenail

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS₁.

kuku

1. claw

• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

kukú

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

• IPA^(key): /kuku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

• Audio (Malaysia):

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kuku (Jawi spelling کوکو, plural kuku-kuku, informal 1st possessive kukuku, 2nd possessive kukumu, 3rd possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

• Indonesian: kuku

• “kuku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kuku (Raguileo spelling)

1. paternal grandmother
2. grandchild

• cucu

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh.

kuku

1. nail (anatomy)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ku/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: ku‧ku

kuku

1. cuckoo (used to imitate the voice of a male cuckoo)

kuku n (indeclinable)

1. (childish, pathology) boo-boo (minor injury)

   Synonyms: ranka, skaleczenie

• kuku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kuku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /kûkuː/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku

kȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кӯ)

1. woe
2. The sound of a cuckoo singing.
3. Shout in a hide and seek game.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. dative/locative singular of kuk

kuku (Cyrillic spelling куку)

1. accusative singular of kuka

• “kuku”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Borrowed from Dutch koek.

kuku

1. cake, pastry

kuku

1. Romanization of ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

From *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

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kuku (n class, plural kuku)

1. chicken, fowl

   Penye kuku wengi, usimwage mtama

   Where there are many fowls, do not spill millet

• → Malagasy: akoho

• jogoo (“rooster”)
• kifaranga (“chick”)

kuku

1. puppy (young dog)

From Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

kuku

1. (anatomy) fingernail; toenail

• IPA^(key): [kuˈku]

kuku (definite accusative kukuyu, plural kukular)

1. (child talk) female genitalia, vagina

Inflection
Nominative	kuku
Definite accusative	kukuyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kuku	kukular
Definite accusative	kukuyu	kukuları
Dative	kukuya	kukulara
Locative	kukuda	kukularda
Ablative	kukudan	kukulardan
Genitive	kukunun	kukuların

• vajina
• am (vulgar, very rude)
• amcık (vulgar, very rude)

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kuku
Brazilian standard	kuku
New Tribes	cucu

• IPA^(key): [kuku]

kuku

1. a life-sized figure constructed from tree branches and other natural materials, symbolically killed in the aji'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^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 239–240: “cucu”

kukú

1. nail; claw; hoof

kuku

1. possession