cucë

See also: cuce, cucę, cüce, and cücə

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sut͡sə/

Etymology 1

From an hypocoristic *cullcë, from cull (“child”) +‎ -cë.[1] Alternatively, Jokl derives it as a diminutive of cullak (“naked”) (also related to cull), similar to voc from vogël; Mann relates is to Czech číča (“girl”) and Gothic piwi (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *teṷkṷǐə, while Meyer and others see an onomatopoeia formation, also found in Slavic languages and in Hungarian csucsa (“loved one”).[1][2]

Alternative forms

Noun

cucë f (plural cuca, definite cuca, definite plural cucat)

  1. girl, maiden
  2. breast, teat
  3. (Arvanitika) vulva, vagina
  4. (regional, Lushnjë) daughter
    Synonym: bijë
Declension
Declension of cucë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cucë cuca cuca cucat
accusative cucën
dative cuce cucës cucave cucave
ablative cucash
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cucë

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of cuc

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Çabej, E. (1987), “cub”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 59-60
  2. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “cucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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