čuka

== Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃûka/ Hyphenation: ču‧ka === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuanian čiùkaras (“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра (čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара (“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from the pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language. ==== Noun ==== čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка) (regional) hill or hillock on one side extremely steep, and the other milder sloped hilltop ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From čȕkati. ==== Noun ==== čȕka f (Cyrillic spelling чу̏ка) (slang, regional) clock, watch hour heart, ticker ===== Declension ===== === References === === Further reading === “čuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 Sabljak, Tomislav (2013), “čuka”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96