cuka

From Malay cuka (“vinegar, sour”).

1. Perhaps from Sanskrit चुक्र (cukra, “sourness; fruit vinegar”), through assimilation of liquid consonants r and l to a preceding stop, nasal, sibilant, or v, in Prakrit such as Pali, with cognate such as Bengali চুকা (cuka, “sour, acid”) or
2. Min Nan 醋 (chhò͘, “vinegar”), or
3. Persian سرکا‎ (serkâ, “vinegar”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ka/
• Hyphenation: cu‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka

cuka (plural cuka-cuka, first-person possessive cukaku, second-person possessive cukamu, third-person possessive cukanya)

1. vinegar

• “cuka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• Perhaps from Sanskrit चुक्र (cukra, “sourness; fruit vinegar”), through assimilation of liquid consonants r and l to a preceding stop, nasal, sibilant, or v, in Prakrit such as Pali, with cognate such as Bengali চুকা (cuka, “sour, acid”) or
• Min Nan 醋 (chhò͘, “vinegar”), or
• Persian سرکا‎ (serkâ, “vinegar”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuka/
• Rhymes: -uka, -ka
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃukə]

cuka (Jawi spelling چوک‎, plural cuka-cuka, informal 1st possessive cukaku, 2nd possessive cukamu, 3rd possessive cukanya)

1. vinegar

• Indonesian: cuka
• → Bikol Central: suka
• → Cebuano: suka
• → Ilocano: suka
• → Maranao: soka'
• → Tagalog: suka

• “cuka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

cuka

1. genitive singular of cuk