kukać

See also: kukac

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.kat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ukat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ku‧kać

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kukati.

Verb

kukać impf

  1. (intransitive) to cuckoo (to make the call of a cuckoo)
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to complain
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German kucken + -ać.

Verb

kukać impf (perfective kuknąć)

  1. (intransitive, slang) to peek at
    Synonym: zerkać
  2. (intransitive, slang) to search for
    Synonym: szukać
Conjugation

Further reading

  • kukać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kukać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.