ćući

See also: Cuci, cuci, and cucì

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀘𑀼𑀬 (cucuya), 𑀘𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼𑀬 (cuccuya),[1] from Sanskrit *चुच्चि (cucci).[2]

Noun

ćući f (nominative plural ćućǎ)

  1. (International Standard, anatomy) breast

Derived terms
  • del ćući

References
  1. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “čučí¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 53a
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cucci”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 264

Further reading
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e ćuć/i, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 112a
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