kukurydza
See also: kukurydzą
Polish
Etymology
A Balkan wanderword, perhaps borrowed from Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, or Romanian cucuruz. The penultimate vowel in the modern form is likely from influence of -yca. Compare Czech kukuřice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.kuˈrɘ.d͡za/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘd͡za
- Syllabification: ku‧ku‧ry‧dza
Noun
kukurydza f (related adjective kukurydziany or kukurydzowy)
- (uncountable) maize, corn (any plant of the genus Zea)
- 1791, Franciszek Salezy Jezierski, Niektóre wyrazy porządkiem abecadła zebrane:
- Wołochy zaś, Mołdawia, Bessarabia, Tauryka, są Uroczyska, na ktòrych rodzą się kukurydze i arbuzy, a ziemia przez ustawiczne woyny Turkow i Moskwy uprawna rozlewem krwi, iest mieszkaniem stado bydła, owiec i koni.
- Tallachia, Moldova, Bessarabia, Tauryka, on the other hand, are woods where corn and watermelons grow, and the ground is kept with bloodshed from the incessant wars between the Turks and Moscow, and there is a herd of cattle, sheep, and horses.
- (countable) maize, corn (grain of Zea mays)
- (countable) corncob (central cylindrical core of an ear of maize on which the kernels are attached in rows)
- Synonym: kolba
Declension
Declension of kukurydza
Derived terms
nouns
- kukurydzanka