kukawa

== Lower Sorbian == === Etymology === From a derivative of Proto-Slavic *kukъ (“cuckoo”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kokula, Polish kukułka, Czech kukačka, Serbo-Croatian kȕkavica, and Russian куку́шка (kukúška). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkukawa/ === Noun === kukawa f (diminutive kukawka) cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “kukawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “kukawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Verb === kukawa (verbal noun of the ku class) infinitive of -kawa