kjúka

Icelandic

Etymology

From the same ultimate origin as kok (“throat, gullet, pharynx”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰuːka/
  • Rhymes: -uːka

Noun

kjúka f (genitive singular kjúku, nominative plural kjúkur)

  1. (anatomy) phalanx
    Synonym: köggull

Declension

Declension of kjúka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjúka kjúkan kjúkur kjúkurnar
accusative kjúku kjúkuna kjúkur kjúkurnar
dative kjúku kjúkunni kjúkum kjúkunum
genitive kjúku kjúkunnar kjúkna, kjúka kjúknanna, kjúkanna

References

  1. ^ Linguistic Studies in Germanic. (1915). United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 199
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