kuq

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kuc]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cocceus, from Latin coccum.[1][2]

Adjective

kuq

  1. red
  2. rosy
  3. scarlet, reddish
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • kuqal
  • kuqalan
  • kuqalak
  • kuqalash
  • kuqalosh
  • kuqash
  • kuqar
  • kuqeshë
  • kuqël
  • kuqëlare
  • kuqëloj

See also
Colors in Albanian · ngjyra (layout · text)
     bardhë      gri, hirtë      zi
             kuqe; skuqem              portokalle; bojë kafe              verdhë; krem; lylc
                          gjelbër; blertë             
             cijan, kaltër              kaltër              blu
             vjollcë; llullaq              magentë; purpurtë              rozë; trëndafil

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin cocō.

Verb

kuq (aorist kuqa, participle kuqur)

  1. to fry, cook
Alternative forms
  • skuq

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “kuq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 842
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kuq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 205

Chitimacha

Noun

kuq

  1. water
    we kuu ki
    in the water

References
  • John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha and Atakapa languages (1919): kū
  • Julian Granberry, Modern Chitimacha (Sitimaxa) (2004) (kuq)
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