čuka
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/
- Hyphenation: ču‧ka
Audio (Central Serbia): (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.[1][2]
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
- (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped
- (regional) hilltop
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȕka | čuke |
| genitive | čuke | čȗkā |
| dative | čȕki | čukama |
| accusative | čuku | čuke |
| vocative | čuko | čuke |
| locative | čȕki | čukama |
| instrumental | čukom | čukama |
Etymology 2
From čȕkati.
Noun
čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȕka | čuke |
| genitive | čuke | čȗkā |
| dative | čȕki | čukama |
| accusative | čuku | čuke |
| vocative | čuko | čuke |
| locative | čȕki | čukama |
| instrumental | čukom | čukama |
References
- ^ Skok, Petar (1971) “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čuka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 285
Further reading
- “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Sabljak, Tomislav (2013) “čuka”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, page 96