kukutë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *cucūta, from Latin cicūta. Also possibly from a local Eastern Romance language intermediate; compare Romanian cucută, Aromanian cucutã, with close similarity of pronunciation.[1]

Noun

kukutë f (plural kukúta, definite kukúta, definite plural kukútat)

  1. hemlock
  2. fennel

Declension

Declension of kukutë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kukutë kukuta kukuta kukutat
accusative kukutën
dative kukute kukutës kukutave kukutave
ablative kukutash

Derived terms

  • kukutëz

References

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

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukutë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 221
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