kuku na muniu
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “boo-boo on [the] brain”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.ku na‿ˈmu.ɲu/
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: ku‧ku na‿mu‧niu
Noun
kuku na muniu n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, pathology, psychiatry) mental disorder, mental illness
- Synonyms: choroba psychiczna, zaburzenie psychiczne
- (colloquial, idiomatic) gesture of knocking with a finger on the forehead or making circular movements at the forehead, expressing the speaker's belief that the person in question is mentally ill
Further reading
- kuku na muniu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kuku na muniu in Polish dictionaries at PWN