kukur

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kukurë

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cucurum or Byzantine Greek κούκουρον (koúkouron). See Proto-Mongolic *kökexür for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈkuɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Hyphenation: ku‧kúr

Noun

kukur m (definite kukúri)

  1. (northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) quiver (for arrows)
  2. (Gheg) game of "weak horses", similar to leapfrog

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kukur”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “kukur”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukúr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223

Javanese

Romanization

kukur

  1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦏꦸꦂ

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese কুকুৰ (kukur), from Sanskrit कुक्कुर (kukkura).

Noun

kukur (plural kukur or kukurkhan, locative kukurte)

  1. dog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ku +‎ kur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʉː.kʉːr/

Noun

kukur m (definite singular kukuren, indefinite plural kukurar, definite plural kukurane)

  1. a cure or medicine for cows
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