cucu

From Late Latin cucus, cuccus, Latin cuculus, or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

cucu m (plural cucos)

1. cuckoo

Cognate with Malay cucu.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃut͡ʃu/
• Hyphenation: cu‧cu

cucu

1. grandchild (child of someone's child)

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cucu m (plural cucus)

1. alternative form of cucul

cucu (feminine cucue, masculine plural cucus, feminine plural cucues)

1. alternative form of cucul

• “cucu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• tjoetjoe (1901–1947)
• tjutju (1947–1972)

From Malay cucu, from Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ, probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu]

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu
• Syllabification: cu‧cu

cucu (plural cucu-cucu)

1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

• “cucu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuku/

cucu (plural cucus)

1. cuckoo
2. cuckold

Attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as 𑼗𑼸𑼗𑼸 (cucu).^[1] From Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ.^[2] Probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu]
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu, -t͡ʃu, -u

cucu (Jawi spelling چوچو, plural cucu-cucu or cucu²)

1. grandchild (child of someone’s child)

   Cucu saya suka bermain gitar.

   My grandchild likes to play a guitar.

   Setiap hujung minggu, datuk itu dikelilingi oleh cucu-cucunya.

   Every weekend, the grandfather is surrounded by his grandchildren.

• > Indonesian: cucu (inherited)
• → Baba Malay: chuchu
• → Brunei Malay: cucu
• → Makasar: cucu
• → Manado Malay: cucu

• "cucu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

cucu (Raguileo spelling)

1. maternal grandmother
2. grandchild

• kuku

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

cucu

1. alternative form of cwic

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cuckoo.

• Hyphenation: cu‧cu

cucu

1. Imitating the cry of the cuckoo.
2. Used to express the arrival of a new person or something unexpected.

cucu m (plural cucus)

1. (Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul) dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)

   Synonyms: cuco-canela, papa-lagarta-acanelado, (Rio Grande do Sul) chincoã

2. cry of the cuckoo

• “cucu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cucu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cucu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cucu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Onomatopoeic.

cucu

1. coo-coo (cry made by a cuckoo)

• cuc

• IPA^(key): /t͡su.ˈt͡su/, [t͡su.ˈt͡su]

cucu

1. (anatomy) breast
2. milk