кунка

Bulgarian

кунка

Etymology

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary:

  • Either back-formed from the diminutive ръку́нка (rǎkúnka) of ръка́ (rǎká, “hand, arm”);
  • Or cognate with dial. Russian ку́на (kúna, “handful”), of unclear origin. Possibly from the root of dialectal Bulgarian ку́я (kúja, “to forge, to smith”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuŋkɐ]

Noun

ку́нка • (kúnka) f

  1. (colloquial) hand

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

  • “кунка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кунка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кунка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 136
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