cuk

See also: -cuk, çûk, çuk, ćuk, чук, and çük

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Cuna with k as a placeholder, influenced by Kuna.

Symbol

cuk

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kuna.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kuna terms

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡suk/

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of quk and çuk. Related to thuk with the usual c:th alteration in Albanian.[1]

Verb

cuk (aorist cuka, participle cukur) (transitive)

  1. to pierce (with a sharp, thin object, needle, thorn, stinger, prickle etc)
    Synonyms: quk, çuk, ngacmoj, cyt, cukat
  2. to tease, provoke (with words or gestures)
    Synonyms: nguc, cyt, ngacmoj, cirris, ngallmoj, gërgas, cingëris
  3. to press
    Synonyms: rras, shtyp, thuk
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. A lexicalization of crackling sound c (t͡s). Practically, same thing as ncuk.[1]

Particle

cuk

  1. no
    Synonyms: jo, nuku, nëng, nauk

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Çabej, E. (1987), “cuk”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 61

Further reading

  • cuk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡suk]

Noun

cuk m inan

  1. (slang) train
    Synonym: vlak

Declension

Further reading

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciuco (/ˈt͡ʃuko/), from Latin cicur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃuk]

Noun

cuk (genitive cuka, plural cuks)

  1. donkey, ass (equid)

Declension

Declension of cuk
Singular Plural
Nominative cuk cuks
Genitive cuka cukas
Dative cuke cukes
Accusative cuki cukis
Predicative1 cuku cukus
Vocative o cuk o cuks
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • cukalil
  • cukamilig
  • cukamiligik
  • cukik
  • cukiko
  • cuköf
  • cuköfik
  • cukül
  • hicukül
  • jicukamilig
  • jicukül
  • lodotacuk

See also

Yup'ik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuk/, [ˈt͡ʃuk]
  • Hyphenation: cuk

Noun

cuk

  1. Nunivak Island and Chevak form of yuk

Declension

Declension of cuk (stem: cug- or cuug-)
singular dual plural
absolutive cuk cuuk, cuugek cuut, cuuget
relative cuum, cuugem cuuk, cuugek cuut, cuuget
locative cugmi cuugni, cuugegni cugni
allative cugmun cuugnun, cuugegnun cugnun
ablative cugmek cuugnek, cuugegnek cugnek
perlative cugkun cuugnegun, cuugegnegun cuutgun, cuugetgun
equative cugtun cuugtun, cuugegtun cugcetun

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012), “cuk”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese (MC tsyuwk).

Noun

cuk (Sawndip form 𮇟, 1957–1982 spelling cuk)

  1. congee; porridge
    Synonym: souh

Etymology 2

From Chinese (MC tsjowk).

Adjective

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

  1. enough; adequate

Etymology 3

From Chinese (MC trjuwk).

Verb

cuk (Sawndip forms 𭎣 or 𥭽 or , 1957–1982 spelling cuk)

  1. to build (a wall)

Etymology 4

Verb

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

  1. to punch; to strike with a fist

Etymology 5

From Chinese (MC syuwk).

Noun

cuk (1957–1982 spelling cuk)

  1. sir; mister (term of address for an unrelated man of the same generation as but younger than one's father)
    Synonyms: cuz, au