kukurydza

== Polish == === Etymology === A Balkan wanderword, perhaps borrowed from Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, or Romanian cucuruz. The penultimate vowel in the modern form is likely from influence of -yca. Compare Czech kukuřice. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.kuˈrɘ.d͡za/ Rhymes: -ɘd͡za Syllabification: ku‧ku‧ry‧dza === Noun === kukurydza f (related adjective kukurydziany or kukurydzowy) (uncountable) maize, corn (any plant of the genus Zea) (countable) maize, corn (grain of Zea mays) (countable) corncob (central cylindrical core of an ear of maize on which the kernels are attached in rows) Synonym: kolba ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kukurydza”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kukurydza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) kukurydza in PWN's encyclopedia