cucu

See also: cucú, cucù, cücü, and cu'cu'

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Noun

cucu m (plural cucos)

  1. cuckoo

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay cucu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃut͡ʃu/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧cu

Noun

cucu

  1. grandchild (child of someone's child)

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

cucu m (plural cucus)

  1. alternative form of cucul

Adjective

cucu (feminine cucue, masculine plural cucus, feminine plural cucues)

  1. alternative form of cucul

Further reading

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay cucu, from Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ, probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu
  • Syllabification: cu‧cu

Noun

cucu (plural cucu-cucu)

  1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuku/

Noun

cucu (plural cucus)

  1. cuckoo
  2. cuckold

Malay

Etymology

Attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as 𑼗𑼸𑼗𑼸 (cucu).[1] From Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ.[2] Probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu, -t͡ʃu, -u

Noun

cucu (Jawi spelling چوچو, plural cucu-cucu)

  1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bercucu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • bercucukan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Descendants

  • Baba Malay: chuchu
  • Brunei Malay: cucu
  • Indonesian: cucu
  • → Makasar: cucu
  • → Manado Malay: cucu

References

  1. ^ Postma, Antoon (1991) “The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: A Valuable Philippine Document”, in Indo-Pacific Prehistory 1990 Assn. Bulletin 11‎[1], volume 2 (PDF), Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines: Mangyan Assistance and Research Center, page 169.
  2. ^ Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
  3. ^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎[3], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Mapudungun

Noun

cucu (Raguileo spelling)

  1. maternal grandmother
  2. grandchild

See also

References

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

Old English

Adjective

cucu

  1. alternative form of cwic

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

cucu

  1. coo-coo (cry made by a cuckoo)

See also

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡su.ˈt͡su/, [t͡su.ˈt͡su]

Noun

cucu

  1. (anatomy) breast
  2. milk
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