kukawka

See also: kukawką

Polish

Etymology

From kukać +‎ -awka.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kuˈkaf.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: ku‧kaw‧ka

Noun

kukawka f

  1. roadrunner (either member of the genus Geococcyx)
  2. any ground cuckoo of the genus Neomorphus
  3. (usually in the plural) New World ground cuckoo (bird of the subfamily Neomorphinae)
  4. (obsolete or regional, Far Masovian) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
    Synonym: kukułka
  5. (obsolete or regional) cuckoo (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clocks)
    Synonym: kukułka
  6. (rare) a type of musical instrument

Declension

Declension of kukawka
singular plural
nominative kukawka kukawki
genitive kukawki kukawek
dative kukawce kukawkom
accusative kukawkę kukawki
instrumental kukawką kukawkami
locative kukawce kukawkach
vocative kukawko kukawki

See also

  • storczyk kukawka

Further reading

  • kukawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kukawka”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112
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