кукуруза

• kukuruza — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

A wanderword of Balkan origin. Probably from Ukrainian кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Serbo-Croatian куку̀руз, or Romanian cucuruz - see there for further history.

• IPA^(key): [kukuˈruza]

кукуру́за • (kukurúza) f inan (genitive кукуру́зы, uncountable, relational adjective кукуру́зны)

1. corn, maize

   Synonym: маі́с (maís)

• “кукуруза”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “кукуруза” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

A wanderword of Balkan origin. Probably entered Russian from Ukrainian кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Serbo-Croatian куку̀руз, or Romanian cucuruz - see there for further history.

• IPA^(key): [kʊkʊˈruzə]

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кукуру́за • (kukurúza) f inan (genitive кукуру́зы, nominative plural кукуру́зы, genitive plural кукуру́з, relational adjective кукуру́зный)

1. corn, maize, Indian corn

   Synonym: маи́с (maís)

• зубови́дная кукуру́за (zubovídnaja kukurúza, “dent corn”)
• кремни́стая кукуру́за (kremnístaja kukurúza, “flint corn”)
• ло́пающаяся кукуру́за (lópajuščajasja kukurúza, “popcorn corn”)
• пле́нчатая кукуру́за (plénčataja kukurúza, “pod corn”)
• са́харная кукуру́за (sáxarnaja kukurúza, “sweet corn”)

• кукуру́зник (kukurúznik)

• → Armenian: կուկուռուզ (kukuṙuz)
• → Georgian: კუკურუზა (ḳuḳuruza)
• → Kildin Sami: кукуруза (kukuruza)
• → Latvian: kukurūza
• → Lithuanian: kukurūzas
• → Bashkir: кукуруз (kukuruz)

• никстамализа́ция f (nikstamalizácija)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кукуруза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

From кукуруз (“maize”) +‎ -а

• IPA^(key): /kukurǔːza/
• Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧ру‧за

кукуру́за f (Latin spelling kukurúza)

1. cornbread