different between kuku vs suku

Albanian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

kuku

1. mourn
2. The sound of an owl singing.

Anguthimri

Noun

kuku

1. (Mpakwithi) maternal grandfather
2. (Mpakwithi) paternal aunt

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Basque

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, imitation of the bird’s call. Compare Spanish cuco, English cuckoo, Catalan cucut, Dutch koekoek, Russian ??????? (kukuška) etc.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

Noun

kuku anim

1. cuckoo
2. hidden, lurking

Declension

Further reading

• “kuku” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “kuku” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central

Noun

kuku (kùkû)

1. (anatomy) chin

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kuku]

Interjection

kuku

1. cuckoo (the sound of cuckoo)

Related terms

• kukat
• kuka?ka

Further reading

• kuku in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kuku in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuku, from Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuku?/, [?kuku(?)]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: ku?ku

Verb

kuku

1. Indicative present connegative form of kukkua.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kukkua.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kukkua.

Etymology 2

Imitative of the sound made by a cuckoo/coua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuku/, [?kuku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: ku?ku

Noun

kuku

1. coua (any terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

kuku (first-person possessive kukuku, second-person possessive kukumu, third-person possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ????
• Roman: koekoe (dated)

Noun

kuku (krama-ngoko kuku, krama inggil kanaka)

1. (anatomy) nail

References

• "kuku" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS?.

Noun

kuku

1. claw

References

• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kukú

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

Noun

kuku (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kuku-kuku, informal 1st possessive kukuku, impolite 2nd possessive kukumu, 3rd possessive kukunya)

1. (anatomy) nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kuku

Further reading

• “kuku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mapudungun

Noun

kuku (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. paternal grandmother
2. grandchild

See also

• cucu

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûku?/
• Hyphenation: ku?ku

Interjection

k?k? (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

Noun

kuku (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dative/locative singular of kuk

Noun

kuku (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of kuka

References

• “kuku” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch koek.

Noun

kuku

1. cake, pastry

Sundanese

Romanization

kuku

1. Romanization of ????

Swahili

Etymology

From *nk??k??, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.

Pronunciation

Noun

kuku (n class, plural kuku)

1. chicken, fowl

   Penye kuku wengi, usimwage mtama

   Where there are many fowls, do not spill millet

See also

• jogoo (“rooster”)

Tagal Murut

Noun

kuku

1. puppy (young dog)

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

kuku

1. (anatomy) fingernail; toenail

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku?ku]

Noun

kuku (definite accusative kukuyu, plural kukular)

1. (child talk) female genitalia, vagina

Declension

See also

• vajina
• am (vulgar, very rude)
• amc?k (vulgar, very rude)

Yogad

Noun

kukú

1. nail; claw; hoof

Noun

kuku

1. possession

Aruop

Noun

suku

1. water

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Ewe

Noun

suku

1. school

Finnish

(index su)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suku. Equivalent to suk- +? -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?suku/, [?s?uku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: su?ku

Noun

suku

1. extended family, kin (in addition to parents and children, includes cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents and farther relatives; compare perhe)
2. (taxonomy) genus
3. (linguistics) gender
4. (topology) Synonym of genus

Declension

Derived terms

• olla sukua + allative = to be related/kin to; (linguistics) to be cognate with
• olla omaa sukua + possessive suffix = to have a maiden name (of).

Maija Meikäläinen on omaa sukuaan Mäkelä.

Maija Meikäläinen has the maiden name Mäkelä.

• (linguistics) olla sukua + allative = to be cognate with.
• olla suvussa = to run in the family
• kulkea suvussa = to run in the family

Compounds

Anagrams

• kusu, kuus

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?suku]
• Hyphenation: su?ku

Etymology

• From Malay suku.
• The sense “clan” is a semantic loan from Minangkabau suku.

Noun

suku (plural suku-suku, first-person possessive sukuku, second-person possessive sukumu, third-person possessive sukunya)

1. (obsolete) leg, foot

   Synonym: kaki

2. footer: a line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document.

   Synonym: catatan kaki

3. part

   Synonym: bagian

   1. quarter: a fourth part of something.

      Synonym: seperempat

   2. half rupiah
4. (arithmetic) numerator and denominator.

   Hyponyms: pembilang, penyebut

5. clan: a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

   Synonyms: klan, suku sakat

6. ethnicity, ethnic group: a group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
7. (biology, taxonomy) family: a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

   Synonym: famili

8. (mathematics) term: any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “suku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Noun

suku

1. kin

Japanese

Romanization

suku

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Noun

suku

1. accusative singular form of suka
2. instrumental singular form of suka
3. genitive plural form of suka

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suku/

Adjective

suku (Jawi spelling ?????, plural suku-suku, informal 1st possessive sukuku, impolite 2nd possessive sukumu, 3rd possessive sukunya)

1. quarter

Further reading

• “suku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mwani

Noun

suku 9 (plural suku)

1. day

Northeast Maidu

Etymology 1

Probably cognate to Wintu suku (“dog, horse”).

Noun

suku

1. a dog

Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly the same as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

suku

1. a transgender person; a female-bodied person who lives as a man, or vice versa

See also

• two-spirit

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men ?ISBN, 2010): The data available for Maidu suku suggest that "suku" was a complex term that was used to refer to both male and female "berdaches"; [...] female-bodied suku [...] were treated as men and initiated as such into the men's secret society, but also [...] were subjected to gang rape (or voluntary intercourse) in the dance house by all of the men present and were regarded as "prostitutes."
• Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations (1999, ?ISBN, page 24: In addition to occupation, female gender variants might assume other characteristics of men. Cocopa warrhameh wore a masculine hairstyle and had their noses pierced, like boys (Lang 1998:283). Among the Maidu, the female suku also had her nose pierced on the occasion of her initiation into the men's secret society. Mohave hwame were tattooed like men instead of women.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese açúcar and Spanish azúcar and Kabuverdianu sukra.

Noun

suku

1. sugar

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zoeken.

Verb

suku

1. to search, to try to find, to look (for)

Noun

suku

1. search
2. romantic or erotic proposal

Sundanese

Romanization

suku

1. Romanization of ????

Tetum

Noun

suku

1. village