kukkua
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (intransitive) To cuckoo (to make the sound of a cuckoo).
- (intransitive) To stay awake late (from the habit of the cuckoo to sing in the night).
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kukkudak.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*kukkudak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cuckoo English
- cuckoo-dove English
- cuckoo-hawk English
- cuckoobud English
- cuckooflower English
- cuckooness English
- cuckooshrike English
- rufous-vented ground-cuckoo English
- kukahdus Finnish
- kukahtaa Finnish
- kukahtaminen Finnish
- kukkuminen Finnish
- kukunta Finnish
- kukuttaa Finnish
- coccyx Latin
- cuculus Latin
- cucus Latin
- coccyx French
- κοκκυγέα Ancient Greek
- κουκουβάγια Ancient Greek
- κόκκυξ Ancient Greek
- ko-ko Norwegian Nynorsk
- कोकिल Sanskrit
- cokkou Middle English
- cucu Old French
- कोयल Hindi
- कोयला Hindi
- *kukkudak Proto-Finnic
- 𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *kókkūks Proto-Hellenic
- ᱠᱩᱭᱞᱤ Santali
- کُکِل Kashmiri