куку

See also: ку-ку

Nanai

Etymology
  1. From Proto-Tungusic *kūke.
  2. The Tungusic root may derive from Chinese 鵠／鹄 (“*ku:g”).

Noun

куку (kuku)

  1. swan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kûkuː/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧ку

Interjection

ку̏кӯ (Latin spelling kȕkū)

  1. woe
  2. The sound of a cuckoo singing.
  3. Shout in a hide and seek game.

References
  • “куку” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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