kukawka

== Polish == === Alternative forms === kukowka (“cuckoo”) (Łowicz) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish kukawka. By surface analysis, kukać +‎ -awka. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -afka Syllabification: ku‧kaw‧ka === Noun === kukawka f roadrunner (either member of the genus Geococcyx) any ground cuckoo of the genus Neomorphus (usually in the plural) New World ground cuckoo (bird of the subfamily Neomorphinae) (obsolete or regional, Far Masovian) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Synonym: kukułka (obsolete or regional) cuckoo (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clocks) Synonym: kukułka (rare) a type of musical instrument ==== Declension ==== === See also === storczyk kukawka === Further reading === “kukawka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kukawka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “[http://spxvi.edu.pl/indeks/haslo/60694 [KUKAWKA]”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “kukawka”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112